❝ A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
Washington Irving

❝ There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
Christopher Morley

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❝ Let me live, love and say it well in good sentences.
Sylvia Plath

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❝ Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
Corrie ten Boom