Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

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People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

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When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.

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Do it for joy and you can do it forever

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The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

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Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

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you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

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stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.

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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

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The most important things are the hardest to say

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