"We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain."

Hope, Vision, Harvest, Land

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"We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain."

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"I took a breath and let it go and suddenly the air was crisper and my lungs lighter and suddenly there was him saying my name in different ways and I catch myself throwing glances in the mirror, seeing someone I don't know quite yet but I can't wait to, and that is the start of everything."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

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"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness."

Stephen King, American Author

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"The rest of it - and perhaps the best of it - is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will."

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"They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food."

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"The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

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"The Lord is our hope. The Lord is our help."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

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"The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

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