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Pride is the rope God allows us all.


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Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.



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Is there a single person on whom I can press belief? No sir. All I can do is say, Here's how it went. Here's what I saw. I've been there and am going back. Make of it what you will.



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You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sins, you know, and cry tears while doing it that are genuine as any.



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Hope is like yeast, you know, rising under warmth.



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When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of earth.



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So thoughtlessly we sling on our destinies.





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