Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world

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The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing. — Blaise Pascal

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We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

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We have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.

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Perhaps somewhere, someplace deep inside your being, you have undergone important changes while you were sad.

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. — Michael Jordan

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Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry. ― Mark Strand

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You can't buy happiness ― Kurt Cobain

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Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

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Reem’s is a place where you can imagine a different way for the world to run, where those in the margins are at the center. - Reem Assil

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