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his old life lay behind in the mists, dark adventure lay in front.


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The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours to make. The mold of your life is in your hands to break.



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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.



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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.



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The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.



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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.



It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.

It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.



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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.



Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!

Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!





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