Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.
A. A. MILNEIf a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.
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Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
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When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.
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When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
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If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.
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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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A pipe in the mouth makes it clear that there has been no mistake-you are undoubtedly a man.
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Something feels funny. I must be thinking too hard.
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So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.
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A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
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Washing, this modern behind the ears nonsense.
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Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up.
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When late morning rolls around and you’re feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t worry; you’re probably just a little eleven o’clockish.
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Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more to give way to the happiness of the person you love.
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You are braver than you believe, Stronger than you seem, And smarter than you think.
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They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.
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