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"Be a reflection of what you'd like to see in others. You get in return what you give."
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"I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual."

"If Shakespeare had never existed, he asked, would the world have differed much from what it is today? Does the progress of civilization depend upon great men? Is the lot of the average human being better now that in the time of the Pharaohs?"

"She seemed to be occupied with of inner chamber of ideas and to have slight need for visible objects."

"An offering for the sake of offering, perhaps. Anyhow, it was her gift. Nothing else had she of the slightest importance; could not think, write, even play the piano. She muddled Armenians and Turks; loved success; hated discomfort; must be liked; talked oceans of nonsense: and to this day, ask her what the Equator was, and she did not know.All the same, that one day should follow another; Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; that one should wake up in the morning; see the sky; walk in the park; meet Hugh Whitbread; then suddenly in came Peter; then these roses; it was enough. After that, how unbelievable death was!-that it must end; and no one in the whole world would know how she had loved it all; how, every instant . . ."

"She was almost felled to the ground by the extraordinary sight which now met her eyes. There was the garden and some birds. The world was going on as usual. All the time she was writing the world had continued."

"Thoughts, quotes, and philosophies-good or bad-cause us to evaluate ourselves. And that is good."

"I am but the reflection in your eyes, the effect of your expressions, and the sum of your praise and criticism."

"The irony of life: Realizing a lifetime is barely long enough to figure out how it should have been lived."

"I don't understand why when I wish for happiness it inevitably rains. However, I do tend to find myself grateful for sunlight once the storm ceases."

"The possibilities of pleasure seemed that morning so enormous and so various that to have only a moth's part in life, and a day moth's at that, appeared a hard fate, and his zest in enjoying his meagre opportunities to the full, pathetic. He flew vigorously to one corner of his compartment, and, after waiting there a second, flew across to the other. What remained for him but to fly to a third corner and then to a fourth? That was all he could do, in spite of the size of the downs, the width of the sky, the far-off smoke of houses, and the romantic voice, now and then, of a steamer out at sea. What he could do he did."
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"Don't promise when you're happy, don't reply when you're angry, and don't decide when you're sad."

"Don't ever be afraid to show who you really are, because as long as you are happy with yourself, no one else's opinion matters."

"Don't be afraid to make people mad. Your honesty will inspire your true followers. I piss off tons of people every day."

"Your best friends should bring out the best in you. If they don't, lose them; they are no friends."

"Life is not something that "has" meaning. It's something we give meaning to. You don't "end up" with a meaningful life, you create it."

"You want something real bad? Go after it with ferocity like if your life depended on it and never ever surrender. Only a question of time."
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