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when you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.

Myrtle Reed

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Myrtle Reed
Age: 36 †
Born: 1874
Born: September 27
Died: 1911
Died: August 17
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Myrtle Reed MacCollough
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Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.
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it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.
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A good forgettery is a happier possession than a good memory.
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A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.
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When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit of the hill.
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May our house always be too small to hold all of our friends.
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If we could only use other folks' experience, this here world would be heaven in about three generations, but we're so constructed that we never believe fire'll burn till we poke our own fingers into it to see. Other folks' scars don't go no ways at all toward convincin' us.
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