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“We can't change things by wishing. Only by doing. It's our actions, Tara, not our thoughts.”
― The One I Left Behind
― The One I Left Behind
“Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
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“Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.”
― From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
― From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
“Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits.”
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“Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.”
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Fonville Winans, Photographer
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For fans of the photographer Fonville Winans. Winans famously photographed Louisiana's Depression-era Cajuns, and in doing so documented a hardscrabbl ...more
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