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Not Truth, but Faith it is that keeps the world alive.


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But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me.

But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me.



Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.



My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!



Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be.

Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be.



I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.

I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.



They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now

They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now



There isn't a train I wouldn't take, no matter where it's going.

There isn't a train I wouldn't take, no matter where it's going.



I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.



Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.



Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.





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If you have a story inside you but don't know where to start, look within and write from the heart, for the heart will never steer you wrong.

If you have a story inside you but don't know where to start, look within and write from the heart, for the heart will never steer you wrong.



Everyone is a philosopher. Not everyone is good at it.

Everyone is a philosopher. Not everyone is good at it.



A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next

A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next



In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.

In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.



How many physicians, scientists, teachers, pastors, missionaries, statesmen, musicians, businessmen, and notable contributors to society have been murdered in the womb?

How many physicians, scientists, teachers, pastors, missionaries, statesmen, musicians, businessmen, and notable contributors to society have been murdered in the womb?



Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.



Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.

Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.



The hope of the world lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself.

The hope of the world lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself.



Keep moving forward and do what you have to do for you.

Keep moving forward and do what you have to do for you.



Speaking the truth, once you have started it, is too exhilarating to draw back.

Speaking the truth, once you have started it, is too exhilarating to draw back.




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