Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will. — Cheryl Strayed

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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves? -Diogenes

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. -Diogenes

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The poem, the song, the picture, is only water drawn from the well of the people, and it should be given back to them in a cup of beauty so that they may drink - and in drinking understand themselves.

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A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies. -Diogenes

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ― Eleanor Roosevelt

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He has the most who is most content with the least. -Diogenes

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Blushing is the color of virtue. -Diogenes

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Christianity is the best way to cure gayness — just get on your knees, take a swig of wine, and accept the body of a man into your mouth.

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I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. --

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