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This is largely because despair cannot share the same space as wonder, and it is wonder that I have had from childhood, and in abundance.
“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.”
― The Hundred Secret Senses
― The Hundred Secret Senses
“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
― Airman's Odyssey
― Airman's Odyssey
“If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.”
― A Girl of the Limberlost
― A Girl of the Limberlost
“In wine is truth, and the truth had all come out, "that is, all the uncleanness of his coarse and envious heart"!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
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Nothing makes me happier than reading a great book -- unless it's the chance to talk to other people who've loved that book as well. Elizabeth and I ...more
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