"Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are."
-Madeleine L'Engle
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"The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.“
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"In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on him to come."
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"When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony."
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"I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect."
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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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