Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.- Frank Zappa

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A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. ― Madeleine L'Engle

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Just because I loves you– That's de reason why Ma soul is full of color Like de wings of a butterfly. Just because I loves you That's de reason why Ma heart's a fluttering aspen leaf When you pass by. ― Langston Hughes

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All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.

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I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. ― Arthur C. Clarke

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Everything is a gift of the universe--even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment._ Ken Keyes Jr.

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A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this remote planet in a remote corner of the universe, endowed with intelligence and self-awareness. We should not despair, but should humbly rejoice in making the most of these gifts, and celebrate our brief moment in the sun. ― Lawrence M. Krauss

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I blinked. Because even though my dad never, ever complained about being a young dad, I always wondered about his regrets. How his need to keep abandoned, sad things might apply to me, too. ― Maurene Goo

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The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us. ― C.S. Lewis

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The value of surrounding yourself with positive people is not what you get from them, but how good a person you have become because of them. ― Roy T. Bennett

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