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Maya Angelou
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
― Maya Angelou
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“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
― John A. Shedd
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“All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.”
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