"Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones."

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"Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones."

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"I took a breath and let it go and suddenly the air was crisper and my lungs lighter and suddenly there was him saying my name in different ways and I catch myself throwing glances in the mirror, seeing someone I don't know quite yet but I can't wait to, and that is the start of everything."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

Hope, Breath, Change, Self

"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Hope, Being

"Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home."

Stephen King, American Author

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"I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness."

Stephen King, American Author

Hope, Today, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational

"The rest of it - and perhaps the best of it - is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will."

Stephen King, American Author

Hope, Power, Truth, Regret, Inspirational

"They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food."

Stephen King, American Author

Hope, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Happiness

"Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Hope, Faith, Poet, Labour

"The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Hope, Fear, Truth, Life, Power

"I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Hope, Survival, Optimism, Faith

"The Lord is our hope. The Lord is our help."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Hope, Inspirational, Grace, Power

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"Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure."

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"Women and foxes being weak are distinguished by superior tact."

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"Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two."

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"Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."

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"Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."

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"Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead."

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"GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism."

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"Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead."

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"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."

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"Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be."

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