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Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.

Charles Dickens

For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.
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Children Family Live Love World
We need never be ashamed of our tears.
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Ourselves Shame Tears
Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself.
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Death Life Oppression
I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.
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Accomplishment Myself Reality
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
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Character Heart Self Love Touch
We forge the chains we wear in life.
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Life One Liner
Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!
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Carry Philosophy Vice Virtue
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Creation Difference Existence Philosophy
Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.
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Man Philosophy Time Wait
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.
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Beautiful Nature Season Time
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
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Strong Suffering Teaching Understand
You have been the last dream of my soul.
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Dream Soul Yourself
To a young heart everything is fun.
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Fun Heart Young
Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.
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Deep End Life Philosophy Togetherness
Reflect upon your present blessings.
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Blessing Gratitude Present Reflection
I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carrying your image in my arms, I loved you madly.
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Carry Hell Love Mad Misery Myself Vision

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.

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Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.

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