Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: I love you. You do not know me (although you have seen me, smiled at me). I know you (although not so well as I would like. I want to be there when your eyes flutter open in the morning, and you see me, and you smile. Surely this would be paradise enough?). So I do declare myself to you now, with pen set to paper. I declare it again: I love you.

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You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. — George Horace Lorimer

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Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat: “Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will. – Gina Rodriguez

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With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. — Eleanor Roosevelt

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I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. – Benjamin Franklin

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Well, I suggest you sleep on it," said Aunt Zelda sensibly. "Things always look better in the morning. ― Angie Sage

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Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. ― Jean Giraudoux

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The world is new to us every morning - and every man should believe he is reborn each day. — Baal Shem Tov

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Learn from yesterday, live for today. — Albert Einstein

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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. -Marcus Aurelius

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