"In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old."

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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."

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Steven Wright, American Comedian

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Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."

"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."

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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

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"I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then."

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