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Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some devine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

#memories #poetry #sadness #life

And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better. ↗

— George Eliot

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I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#growth #life #trials #life

Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas. ↗

— Alexandra Adornetto

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I knew that in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late again. I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#opportunity #life

The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die. ↗

— Ted Dekker

#christianity #pessimism #positive-thinking #life

She should have done science, not spent all her time with her head in novels. Novels gave you a completely false idea about life, they told lies and they implied there were endings when in reality there were no endings, everything just went on and on and on. ↗

— Kate Atkinson

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What is normal? Normal is only ordinary; mediocre. Life belongs to the rare, exceptional individual who dares to be different. ↗

— V.C. Andrews

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A good book is an event in my life. ↗

— Stendhal

#literature #reading #life

...You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back. ↗

— Mitch Albom

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