I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

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It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

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Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

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To find yourself, think for yourself.

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No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

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The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood. – Richard Paul Evans

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If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood. - Peter Handke

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