"A long time ago someone told me that a story will tell itself, when it's ready."

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"A long time ago someone told me that a story will tell itself, when it's ready."

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"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

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"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."

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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

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"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

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"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."

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"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

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"When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth."

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"Chase every rung of possibility, and you still get absolutely nowhere."

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"All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here."

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"It was possible that a miracle was not something that happened to you, but rather something that didn't."

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"Things that look impossible suddenly seem a lot better, once you get God on board."

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"Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you."

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"What I think is that there is no perspective in grief, or in love. How can there be, when one person becomes the center of the universe - either because he has been lost or because he has been found?"

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