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"The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow."
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"Man craves joy far more than anything else in life, but there is nothing as madly intoxicating as the feeling of joy that comes from the soul."
"Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone.Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music."
"Laughter and imagination can overcome any ill-felt sensations."
"You're the funniest thing she knows. That's why she always draws you in color."
"Good heavens of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed ... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons."
"Beppu (n.)The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page."
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."
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"I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt."
"You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it."
"Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free."
"There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive."
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