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"One of my classics groups is reading this and I thought I would read along, despite not really being a Steinbeck fan." — Feb 25, 2026 09:05PM
"One of my classics groups is reading this and I thought I would read along, despite not really being a Steinbeck fan." — Feb 25, 2026 09:05PM
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"Just started this compilation of essays I forgot how elegant of a writer Thomas was." — Feb 21, 2026 06:39PM
"Just started this compilation of essays I forgot how elegant of a writer Thomas was." — Feb 21, 2026 06:39PM
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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