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“We all have the beast in us Bill, and it is up to us to control it.”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Little Dog

tags: christianity, coming-of-age, evil, good, novella, philosophy, red-grouse-tales, religion, retribution

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“Or is it that slow paced evil creeps in when it espies and envies happiness, and then takes a deliberate foul delight in spoiling it?”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Golden Tup

tags: deliberate, delight, envy, envy-and-spite, envy-is-evil, evil, evilness, foul, happiness, slow-paced, spoil, spoils

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#3

“Why is it that good times aren't permitted to last? Especially when we have put in so much time and effort, as these two had? It is as if enjoying the fruits of our labours is one of life's luxuries that we are not permitted to indulge for too long - one day we have summer sun and the next winter storms !”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Golden Tup

tags: effort, everything-changes, everything-changes-in-a-moment, fruits-of-labor, good-times, maximum-effort, not-permitted, nothing-is-easy, nothing-is-for-sure, nothing-is-permanent, nothing-lasts-for-long, nothing-lasts-forever, summer-sun, winter-storms

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#4

“Is it dangerous to plan too much? Yes, we all need to plan, to have a plan, but life goes on regardless of our plans and we know only too well what happens to so many of the best laid plans of mice and men!”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Golden Tup

tags: best-laid-plans, dangerous, life-goes-on, of-mice-and-men, plan, planning, planning-ahead, planning-for-the-future, plannings, plans

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#5

“It was cold out here in this world beyond childhood.”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Bat (The Red Grouse Tales) - A coming of age story involving a search after truth, doubt and a bat!

tags: coming-of-age, eden, genesis, growing-up, real-life, realisation, reality

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#6

“You know,” he continued reflectively, “there is something very satisfying about making something, creating it, modelling it on your dream and making that dream become a reality. Yes, we all have dreams. That's the easy bit. It's making them come real that's not so easy.”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Golden Tup

tags: dreaming, dreams-can-come-true, drrams, follow-your-dreams, following-your-dreams, goals, reaching-your-dreams, reaching-your-goals, real, satisfying, when-dreams-become-reality, when-dreams-come-true, working-towards-your-dreams

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