"Living the past is a dull and lonely business looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way."
-Edna Ferber
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"Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.“
-Edna Ferber
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"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."
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"If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics."
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"Death ends a life, not a relationship."
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"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death."
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"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."
-Thomas Mann
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