The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. - Albert Schweitzer

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Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.

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There’s a really stupid saying: When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Well, I have a better saying: When life hands you a lemon, shove that lemon up its stupid butt. ― Gena Showalter

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

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I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.

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And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. _ John Lennon

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I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom - go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!

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