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“There are gains for all our losses,
There are balms for all our pain:
But when youth, the dream, departs,
It takes something from our hearts,
And it never comes again.”
― Richard Henry Stoddard

“When I was ignorant and small
I used to have great fun all day,
But now that I am wise and tall
I must pretend I never play;
And so whenever people look
I keep my eyes tight on my book.”
― annette wynne

“Does such a thing as “the fatal flaw,” that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature”
― Donna Tartt

“As the alluring song of September begins to whisper in my ear, my passionate spirit yearns for the splendor of its promise.”
― Peggy Toney Horton