One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.

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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.

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I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.

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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.

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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.

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...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.

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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.

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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

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If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place." -- Marmee, Little Women

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