"I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself."
-Emily Bronte
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"Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.“
-Emily Bronte
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"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."
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"I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide."
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"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
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"I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind."
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"Love is like the wild rose-briar Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?"
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"I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids."
-Chris O'Donnell
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"At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour."
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"We talk a lot in our home together about where we're going, what I'm doing."
-Melinda Gates
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