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“With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.”
― Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.”
― Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
― Wuthering Heights
― Wuthering Heights
“Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
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