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“We're all dealt our lumps of coal. What you do with it can turn beautiful.”

— Plumb

“I’m stuck in the mud on the road less traveled, hauling a cartload of rare intangible wares.”

— Steve Harvey

“I scrub at my clothes but they don’t get any cleaner, so I rub in coal dust until they’re completely black and look cleaner…

— Jessica Cambrook

“There is a happy-gas factory up on the hill, and it’s pumping stuff into the Valley.”

— Ashlee Vance

“These days, the bigger the company, the less you can figure out what it does. Time was when a car company made cars, a…

— Michel Faber

“Make more than dust.”

— David Levithan

“Four years of service, and the Archive is still so full of secrets—some big, like altering; some small, like this. The more of them…

— Victoria Schwab

“The world is like a machine, there is no extra parts so your are meant to do something, even if you are a little…

— Brian Selznick

“When you mess something up, you learn for the next time.”

— Ned Vizzini

“from the worst of experiences you learn the best of stuff.”

— Susan May

“And after they’ve raked you over the coals or simply failed to compliment your effort, be sure and tell yourself you did a good…

— J.P. Castor

“Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo