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You don't understand how much light you have until the lights go out.

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Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won.
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If you can't find an answer at the mall or the library, what does that say about the world?
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I'm working hard to have a good life. You don't need fancy things to feel good. You can hug a puppy. You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color. You can plant a flower and watch it grow. You can decide to trust people, the right people. You can decide to start over and let other people start over, too.
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You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil.Good will triumph over evil, said Richard. Liar.
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...It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.
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The choices we make can have lasting consequences.
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You don't know which way a thing will come at you, but you need to welcome it with your whole heart which ever way it arrives.
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Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.
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Mountains draw you to a deeper place in yourself
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Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.
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I don't do normal. I have a reputation to uphold. (Thwonk)
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Some things go too deep for words.
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Will we have bodyguards? We're not quite set up for that. But with all these mothers, you don't need them.
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When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.
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If she's really psychic, Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, why does she need a doorbell?
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My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.
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Everything's got a purpose, really - you just have to look for it. Cats are good at keeping old dogs alive. Loss helps you reach for gain. Death helps you celebrate life. War helps you work for peace. A flood makes you glad you're still standing. And a tall boy can stop the wind so a candle of hope can burn bright.
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The problem with the heart is how it can have so many opposite feelings coursing through it all at the same time. It's really an inconsistent thing- appreciating something one minute and hating it the next.
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New places always help us look at life differently
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It was probably easier in the old days when the bad guys rode into town wearing black capes or whatever bad guys wore and the milk cows were ownded by honest people. Right off the bat, you'd know who you were dealing with. Now everybody dresses alike.
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