You can't know, sweetie, because you've never had a baby become a brilliant young reader with a side interest in horrible television shows, but the joy you bring us is so much greater than the sadness we feel about your illness.
("The Fault in Our Stars")
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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.
Mikhail Bakunin
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
Benjamin Disraeli
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
George Herbert