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“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
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“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”
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“This is what the things can teach us: to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly.”
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“He does not always remain bent over the
pages; he often leans back and closes
his eyes over a line he has been reading
again, and its meaning spreads through
his blood.”
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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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