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- In the end, I decide that the mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love. That the unfinished business between us. Because love, love is never finished. It circles and circles, the memories out of order and not always complete.
- Sara Zarr, Sweehearts, 2008
- Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, sc. 1
- We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Address at the opening of the gubernatorial campaign, New York City, October 5, 1898
- Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth our powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
- Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852), Address at the laying of the cornerstone of the bunker hill monument
- Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
- Peter Marshall, Senate chaplain, prayer offered at the opening of the session, April 18, 1947
- You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your success. You don’t have to explain what you plan to do with your life. You don’t have to justify your education by demonstrating its financial rewards. You don’t have to maintain an impeccable credit score. Anyone who expects you to do any of those things has no sense of history or economics or science or the arts.
You have to pay your own electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it all you got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth. But that’s all. - Sugar, The Rumpus Advice Column #72
- You can't think yourself out of a writing block, you have to write yourself out of a thinking block.
- John Rogers, Kung Fu Monkey, 06-25-11
- When yu' can't have why you choose, yu' just choose what you have.
- Owen Wister, The Virginian, Chapter 13, 1929
- I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
- Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), The Crisis, no. 1
- A hug is a wonderful thing. It makes you feel wanted, needed, and loved all at the same time.
- Gregory Garcia and Dan Coscino, Raising Hope, Happy Halloween, October 26, 2010
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