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None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another’s salvation, and only by the hope that we give to others do we lift ourselves ...more

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Play hard. Play, play, play like your life depends on it. Because it does.

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I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

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I am sustained by the certainty that life has meaning. As does death.

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...because wherever else the future leads, it leads ultimately to death, the end that is present in my beginning and in yours.

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When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations ...more

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Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth is, and truth...more

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Although much that was precious has been taken from me in this life, I have reason to remain an optimist. After the numerous tight scrapes I've been t...more

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I've been badly scared myself, badly, for quite a few years now. You learn to live with it.

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Her stare was direct and unwavering, full of confidence earned from painful experience...

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His resiliency was not the resiliency of the dumb but of a lamb who can remember hurt but cannot sustain the anger or the bitterness that brittles the...more

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In this world where too many are willing to see only the light that is visible, never the Light Invisible, we have a daily darkness that is night, and...more

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In a book, even the real bastards can't hurt you. And you can never loose a friend you make in a book. When you get to a sad part, no one's there to s...more

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Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing.

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Life had been hard on this girl, Jacob, but she had enough courage for an army.