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Friendships do not grow up in any carefully tended and contemplated fashion.... They begin haphazard.

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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Poet
Writer
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Fashion
Contemplated
Grows
Haphazard
Tended
Friendships
Carefully
Friendship
Begin
Grow

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Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!
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There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
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Men talk of finding God, but no wonder it is difficult He is hidden in that darkest hiding-place, your heart. You yourself are a part of Him.
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