“The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.”
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their hands on the door-latch they die outside.”
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“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
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“She would be a new person, she vowed. They said no matter how far a mule travels it can never come back a horse, but she would show them all.”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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