Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth? ― Bill Watterson

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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. ― Marcus Aurelius

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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. - Christian Nestell Bovee

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No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful. ― Eleanor Roosevelt

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Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. ― Anne Frank

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But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. ― Anne Bronte

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Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ― Rabindranath Tagore

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Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true. ― Jonathan Safran Foer

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What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful. ― Scott Westerfeld

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The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder. - Ida B. Wells

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