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    Augustine of Hippo
    “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
    ― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
    tags: christ, christianity, desire, god, heart, jesus, longing, peace, religion, rest, restlessness
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    John Piper
    “There is hope in forgiveness”
    ― John Piper, A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God
    tags: forgiveness, hope
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    “God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.”
    ― Warren Wiersbe
    tags: blessing, god, happy
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    A.A. Milne
    “Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.”
    ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
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    “Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.”
    ― Hafez
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    Roald Dahl
    “It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.”
    ― Roald Dahl, The Witches
    tags: love
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    Roald Dahl
    “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
    ― Roald Dahl, The Twits
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    Bill Watterson
    “I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you alone, you're doing good. If you can find even one person you really like, you're lucky. And if that person can also stand you, you're really lucky.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    tags: friends
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  • #10
    “Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.”
    ― Tim Burton, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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    Augustine of Hippo
    “A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot”
    ― St. Augustine of Hippo
    tags: christian, christian-behavior, joy
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    Douglas Coupland
    “Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”
    ― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet
    tags: irony, life, loneliness
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    John Green
    “What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?”
    ― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
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    Lemony Snicket
    “If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
    tags: humor, optimist
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    Max Lucado
    “A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
    ― Max Lucado
    tags: inspirational, love
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Max Lucado
    “Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”
    ― Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones: Everyone Needs a Miracle
    tags: faith
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    Dr. Seuss
    “I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: troubles
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    Max Lucado
    “Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.”
    ― Max Lucado, Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours
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    William Nicholson
    “I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.”
    ― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play
    tags: inspirational-prayer
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: sleep
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    Max Lucado
    “If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning... Face it, friend. He is crazy about you! ”
    ― Max Lucado
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    Lemony Snicket
    “If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
    tags: humor, talking, writers
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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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    Lemony Snicket
    “It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
    tags: ice-cream-sandwhiches, leaving-home
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    Bill Watterson
    “As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
    tags: humor
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    Lemony Snicket
    “When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
    tags: comfort, crying, tears
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    Albert Einstein
    “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: music
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing even more slowly than it seems.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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    Mark Twain
    “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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