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“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated”
― Thomas Paine, The Crisis

“If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?"

"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."

"To establish ties?"

"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Poor girl. She ran out from under a leaking roof and sat in the rain.”
― Nadia Hashimi, The Pearl that Broke Its Shell

“Life has typhoons. They come and turn everything upside down. But you still have to standup because the next storm may be around the corner.”
― Nadia Hashimi, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

“I want to say right here that the easiest way in the world to make enemies is to hire friends.”
― George Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

“Shekiba-e-shola? Are you joking? He’ll take one look at her and come after us demanding twice what we owe!”
― Nadia Hashimi, The Pearl that Broke Its Shell

“Ghafoor came from a modest family in a nearby village and had been given to the palace in exchange for a cow.”
― Nadia Hashimi, The Pearl that Broke Its Shell

“I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”
― Norman Vincent Peale