"Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope."

Hope, Disappointment, Eternity, Present

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"Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope."

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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

Hope, Truth, Today, Power, Inspirational

"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

"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

"And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Hope, Dream, Future, Spirit

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"Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay."

Life, Body, Spiritual

"Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire."

Desire, Direction, Duty, Profit

"Prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support."

Society, Prejudice, Opinion, Support, Judgment

"Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced."

Wisdom, Experience, Acquaintance, Folly

"Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support."

Opinion, Prejudice, Support

"Painting n: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic."

Painting, Art, Criticism, Humor

"Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain."

Opinion,

"An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me."

Vanity, Taste

"Admiration: Our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves."

Humor, Admiration, Recognition, Ego, Humanity

"Pray v: to ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."

Prayer, Universe, Law, Petition, Unworthy