Able Quote by Ellen Glasgow

“It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright side and avoid disappointment.”

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Preserve, within a wild sanctuary, an inaccessible valley of reverie.

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Do you know there is always a barrier between me and any man or woman who does not like dogs?

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You look as if you lived on duty and it hadn't;t agreed with you.

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there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.

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Life may take away happiness. But it can't take away having had it.

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