Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

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Life is accepting what is and working from that.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find...

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find...

I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you...

I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you...

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find...

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...

Even though the planet is round, there are just too many spots where you can...

Even though the planet is round, there are just too many spots where you can...

Spoiled. That's all it's about - can't live without this, can't live without that. You...

Spoiled. That's all it's about - can't live without this, can't live without that. You...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.

Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.

We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel...

We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

I'm moody like Squidward. Sometimes selfish, like Mr. Krabs. A bit dumb, like Patrick. But...

I'm moody like Squidward. Sometimes selfish, like Mr. Krabs. A bit dumb, like Patrick. But...

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

We need a foreign policy that distinguishes America's friends from her enemies, and recognizes the...

We need a foreign policy that distinguishes America's friends from her enemies, and recognizes the...

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us...

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us...

Keep out of the suction caused by those who drift backwards.

Keep out of the suction caused by those who drift backwards.