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“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”
― Ronald Reagan

“And yet I decide, every day, to set aside what I can do best and attempt what I do very clumsily--open myself to the frustrations and failures of loving, daring to believe that failing in love is better than succeeding in pride.”
― Eugene H. Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar