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“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
― Proust Marcel

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“To begin, begin.”
― William Wordsworth

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“I don't know why people are so shy about expressing openly in front of the world their longing for each other, the most powerful and tender natural attraction, but they pretend to be proud or indifferent and they don't consider, especially if they're young, that the sands of our life have been measured by God unto the last grain and that every carelessly wasted second of love sinks irreversibly into eternity.”
― Angel Wagenstein, Isaac's Torah: A Novel

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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
― Ferris Bueller

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“Connie Shultz: Our first date was 20 years ago today. We met at a nearly empty chain restaurant and, over candlelight, Sherrod read aloud two typed pages of his favorite quotes, including this one by George Bernard Shaw:
“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the future generations.”
After he finished reading that one, I pulled out the same quote from my wallet, handwritten on pink paper.
We married 15 months later.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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