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"As to the other three, if they had been perfection they would not have been real girls, and you could not have wept over their trials and laughed over their pleasures."
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"I claim not to have controlled events but confess plainly that events have controlled me."
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"You're too old for fairy tales, Baasen said."
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"By the truth we are undone. Life is a dream. 'Tis the waking that kills us. He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life."
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"There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened."
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"The real world is oftentimes different from what you expect it to be, what you think it to be, and what people might say it to be."
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"Children, our lives have been gongs striking; clamour and boasting; cries of despair; blows on the nape of the neck in gardens."
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"A fool or idiot is one who expects things to happen that never can happen."
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"But, Henry, this is wicked!' But, Adam, the world is wicked. Maoris prey on Moriori, Whites prey on darker-hued cousins, fleas prey on mice, cats prey on rats, Christians on infidels, first mates on cabin boys, Death on the Living. 'The weak are meat, the strong do eat."
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"It's more real to me here than if I went up," he suddenly heard himself say; and the fear lest that last shadow of reality should lose its edge kept him rooted to his seat as the minutes succeeded each other."
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"Some people think the stars must look closer from up here. They don't. When you're up here, you realize how distant they really are-how impossible to reach."
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"Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts."
Growth
"People cannot be moulded like clay."
Individuality
"Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom."
Life
"You can go through the world with your elbows out and your nose in the air, and call it independence, if you like. That's not my way."
Self
"Ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial."
Character
"Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost."
Growth
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."
Beauty
"I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this."
Love
"What shall you do all your vacation?', asked Amy. "I shall lie abed and do nothing", replied Meg."
Simplicity
"It's lovely to see people so happy."
Happiness
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