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"They're a group called The Spirit-crushers and their leader is known as The Almighty Spirit-crusher."
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"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."

"They're a group called The Spirit-crushers and their leader is known as The Almighty Spirit-crusher."

"You are unfortunate in my judgment, for you have never been unfortunate. You have passed through life with no antagonist to face you; no one will know what you were capable of, not even you yourself."

"Trouble seems to follow me around, waiting to club me with a tire iron."

"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."

"Writing a sincere narrative account of personal adversities and misfortunes is one way to become acquainted with the rifts of a person's inmost self, the smothered pieces of want that lie separate and undetected amid the customs, habits, vices, and tedium that encases us in the hubbub of daily living."

"Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless."
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"Do you know what the best and worst thing about a book is? The author can't answer all your questions, only your imagination can."

"A misadventure is an act that has a safer, less self-detrimental, less interesting alternative. But you choose that act because you want to do something memorable and worthy of discussion."

"He held out a shaky and worn hand and she met it with one of her young and inexperienced ones."

"I don't claim to know everything, Wally. I only claim that everything can eventually be known."

"What could a person like Emily do? Could she possibly satisfy both sides? Or would that only end badly?"
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