Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThat which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.
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I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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