“Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it.”
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“Underneath my outside face
There's a face that none can see.
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,
But a whole lot more like me.”
― Every Thing on It
There's a face that none can see.
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,
But a whole lot more like me.”
― Every Thing on It
“The trick was to live here without hating yourself because all around you was hatred. The trick was to refuse to allow your pain to prevent you from living honorably.”
― Snow Falling on Cedars
― Snow Falling on Cedars
“She left pieces of her life behind her everywhere she went. It's easier to feel the sunlight without them, she said.”
― Story People
― Story People
“If there was only one tree like that in the world, you would think it was beautiful. But because there are so many, you just can't see how beautiful it really is.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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