There was nothing her anger could do here. The door opened. Stan, the Americanist, took one look at her black dress and said, “Wowwee, Phoebe, nice dress!” She didn’t know what else to do but say, “Thanks.”
“You are braver than you believe,
Stronger than you seem,
And smarter than you think(:”
― Disney's Pooh's Grand Adventure The Search for Christopher Robin
Stronger than you seem,
And smarter than you think(:”
― Disney's Pooh's Grand Adventure The Search for Christopher Robin
“Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?'
'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought.
Piglet was comforted by this.”
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'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought.
Piglet was comforted by this.”
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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“One tiny Hobbit against all the evil the world could muster. A sane being would have given up, but Samwise burned with a magnificent madness, a glowing obsession to surmount every obstacle, to find Frodo, destroy the Ring, and cleanse Middle Earth of its festering malignancy. He knew he would try again. Fail, perhaps. And try once more. A thousand, thousand times if need be, but he would not give up the quest.”
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