"There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor."
-Thomas W. Higginson
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"When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.“
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"Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges."
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"Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear."
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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."
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