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The Son

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Persuasion by Jane Austen

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Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot’s character; vanity of person and of situation.

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Michael’s Quotes

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: fairy-tales, hope, paraphrased, possiblity

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“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”
― Hans Urs von Balthasar, Prayer

tags: catholicism, christian-living, christianity, gift, god, inspirational, philosophy, spirituality

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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

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“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Les Brown's Formula and Action Planner for Achieving Success and Happiness

tags: inspirational

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“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow

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