The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one's mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind

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The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want

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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

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You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.

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Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.

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I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.

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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.

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I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

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It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.

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Never confuse activity with action.

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