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It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
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I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.: Jacqueline Cochran (1910 - 1980)
Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.: Rita Rudner
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.: Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
You never find yourself until you face the truth.: Pearl Bailey (1918 - 1990)
He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.: John Milton (1608 - 1674)
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.: Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)
The road to hell is paved with adverbs.: Stephen King (1947 - )
There is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates that contract.: John Green (1977 - ), The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.: John Green (1977 - ), The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.: Dr. Karl Menninger (1893 - 1990)
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Having a baby's sweet face so close to your own, for so long a time as it takes to nurse 'em, is a great tonic for a sad soul.: Erica Eisdorfer, The Wet Nurse's Tale, 2009
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Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been omitted.: De la Lastra's Corollary
I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill.: Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
Most of you have been where I am tonight. The crash site of unrequited love. You ask yourself, How did I get here? What was it about? Was it her smile? Was it the way she crossed her legs, the turn of her ankle, the poignant vulnerability of her slender wrists? What are these elusive and ephemeral things that ignite passion in the human heart? That's an age-old question. It's perfect food for thought on a bright midsummer's night.: Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman, Northern Exposure, The Bumpy Road to Love, 1991
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.: Albert Camus (1913 - 1960), Happy Death