I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. ― James Baldwin

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People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.

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Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. - Charles Spurgeon

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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.

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Let the guilt teach you how to behave next time.

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Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing. ― Emma Donoghue

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Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire. ― Dan Brown

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There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love. - Lord Byron

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Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig. ― Robert Heinlein

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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ― Plato

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