I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.

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When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful.

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I have found that if you love life. Life will love you back. ― Arthur Rubinstein

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You couldn’t hide from bad things and pretend they didn’t exist, that left you with a dream world, and dream worlds eventually crumble. You had to face the truth. And then decide what you wanted. ― Sarah Cross

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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

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The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs. ― Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed

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Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

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My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.

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Any time not spent on love is wasted. - Torquato Tasso

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I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.

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