Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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jace's clothes had been clean,stylish,ordinary. Sebastian had been wearing a long black wool trench coat that had looked expensive. Like an evil Burbeery ad, Simon said when she was done.

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I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me. - Gamal Abdel Nasser

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Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. ― Jonathan Kozol

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The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination. — Carl Rogers

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If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining. — Guy Finley

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It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

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What is there to understand? The significance of life? How long will it take to understand the significance and the meaning of life? 20 years? 30 years? And the same question will be here in another 20 years, I guarantee you. Until you stop asking that question. When that question is not there, you are there. So that's the reason why you keep asking the question: you do not want the question to come to an end. When that comes to an end, there will not be anybody, left there, to find out the meaning, the purpose and the significance of life.

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No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. — Robin Williams

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You basically can say anything to someone on an email or text as long as you put LOL at the end. ― Kanye West

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