“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.”
    
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      “I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.”
    
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      “Dance like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching. -- Dogbert's Motto”
    
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      “You have to start over. That's what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really "starting over." More like "continuing without.”
    
― The First Phone Call from Heaven
  ― The First Phone Call from Heaven
      “Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
  Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
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