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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever. As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off, the children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.”
― The Secret Island
― The Secret Island
“And, at such a time, for a few of us there will always be a tugging at the heart—knowing a precious moment had gone and we not there. We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours for ever—the way things looked, that church alone in the fields, a bed on belfry floor, a remembered voice, a loved face. They’ve gone and you can only wait for the pain to pass. ”
― A Month in the Country
― A Month in the Country
“That’s what the mother of the gardener’s boy said,” remarked Teresa; “she wanted me to have it destroyed, but I pointed out to her that she had eleven children and I had only one elk. ”
― The Complete Saki: 144 Collected Novels and Short Stories
― The Complete Saki: 144 Collected Novels and Short Stories
“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
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