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“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.”
― John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy

“In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.”
― John Grisham

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
― Marguerite Duras

“You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, “What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?” Does that ever make you anxious?”
― Elaine May

“Let the wild rumpus start!”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that.”
― Bob Newhart

“There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Home

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
― Edith Wharton

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
― Colette

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
― Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

“Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

“It was her religion to make the best of everything.”
― Lyndall Gordon, Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft – The Unconventional Genius Who Founded Modern Feminism and Influenced Political Philosophy

“A day without prayer is a day wasted of an opportunity to see God's hand in my life.”
― Candace Cameron Bure, Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh