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“You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Ice Palace

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“Strong Christians are created, not by sermons and commentaries alone, but by personal encounters with Scripture.”

— John Piper

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“Golden October declined into sombre November…”

— T.S. Eliot, from Poems & Plays: 1909 - 1950; “Murder in the Cathedral,”

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The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, August 31, 1952

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We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost.

Henry Rollins

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Inside was something we called a letter of introduction, just a few paragraphs describing me as somebody who was an excellent reader, a good cook, a mediocre musician, and an awful quarreler.

All the Wrong Questions #1 -- Lemony Snicket

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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Jack London

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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Jack London

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What's coming will come and we'll meet it when it does.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -- J.K. Rowling

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But the coffee took the headache away

The Garden of Eden -- Ernest Hemingway

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I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Jack London

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“Museums are places of worship for those whose faith dwells in human stories.”

— oliveontheroad | contemplations from my most recent trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (via a-ramblinrose)

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“The way cotton candy falls to its knees at the suggestion of rain is the only thing I’ve found to describe remembering, after you’ve just been happy, all the things that make you less alive.”

— Neil Hilborn, The Future

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“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”

— S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

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“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want.”

— S.E. Hinton; The Outsiders