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"August: You know, somethings don't matter that much...like the color of a house...But lifting a person's heart--now that matters. The whole problem with people--'Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't...August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters."
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"If you want to know the value of half a second, ask the person who came second in a sprint event at the Olympics."

"Gold may shine, but it has no true light."

"People who do not have a price tag attached to them are priceless."

"Even the most beautiful girl in the world becomes unsightly without depth of character."

"The difference between working for a salary and working for your promise land is that when you work for a salary, you are exchanging your life just for some porridge, some little compensation in the form of salary."

"Make your name and know your value."

"Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward."

"Love in your heart is better than gold in your hands."
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"August: You know, somethings don't matter that much...like the color of a house...But lifting a person's heart--now that matters. The whole problem with people--'Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't...August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters."

"I said, 'Where's all that delivering God's supposed to do?'He snorted. 'You're right, the only deliverance is the one we get for ourselves. The Lord doesn't have any hands and feet but ours.''That doesn't say much for the Lord.''It doesn't say much for us, either."

"I was wishing I had a story like that one to live inside me with so much loudness you could pick it up on a stethoscope."

"Don't be telling me--can't be done. That's some god damney white talk, that's what that is."

"Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were talking about. He'd cradled his grief, almost to the point of loving it. For so long he refused to give it up, because leaving it behind was like leaving her."

"Have you ever noticed the more you try not to think, the more elaborate your thinking episodes get?"

"Angelina, I think of you as my friend, the dearest of friends, and it tortures me to go against you, but now is the time to stand with the slave. The time will come for us to take up the woman question, but not yet.''The time to assert one's right is when it's denied!"
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