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He who defines his conduct by ethics imprisons his song-bird in a cage.


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Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.



One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.



How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.

How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.



And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.

And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.



If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.



Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.



Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.



And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.



Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.



If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.





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I don't begrudge rich people running for office. God knows that FDR and JFK both came from very wealthy families but I think did more to help impoverished Americans than anybody else.



There are hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.

There are hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.



Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

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The only people who ever called me a rebel were people who wanted me to do what they wanted.



Hephaestus glowered up at us. “I didn’t make you, did I?” Uh,” Annabeth said, “no, sir.” Good,” the god grumbled. “Shoddy workmanship.

Hephaestus glowered up at us. “I didn’t make you, did I?” Uh,” Annabeth said, “no, sir.” Good,” the god grumbled. “Shoddy workmanship.



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