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"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."

- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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"When you say ‘yes’ to others, make sure you are not saying ‘no’ to yourself."

- Paulo Coelho

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."

- Albert Einstein

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"Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that’s all. You can’t see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it."

- Mitch Albom

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"You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way."

- Elizabeth Taylor

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"Be so happy that when others look at you, they become happy, too."

- Unknown

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"Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved."

- Suzanne’s Diary to Nicholas by James Patterson

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"Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious."

- Unknown

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"To say my fate is not tied to your fate is like saying, “Your end of the boat is sinking."

- Hugh Downs

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"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

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