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"Another part of the Puritan legacy is the belief that no one should have joy or abundance until everyone does, a belief that austere at one end, in the deprivation it endorses, and fantastical in the other, since it awaits a universal utopia. Joy sneaks in anyway, abundance cascades forth uninvited...Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated, and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection."

"For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy."

"You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?""Not even a little bit." I showed him that I still had both arms and both legs, and Tyson clapped happily."Yay!" he said. "Now we can eat peanut butter sandwiches and ride fish ponies! We can fight monsters and see Annabeth and make things go BOOM!"I hoped he didn't mean all at the same time, but I told him absolutely, we'd have a lot of fun this summer."
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"Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other."


"Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love."


"The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position."


"I've always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way."


"I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn."


"The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises."


"It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them."


"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
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