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"But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out!"
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"But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning."
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