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The Quote Box, ever growing

The Quote Box now holds one thousand nine hundred and nine distinct quotes Continue reading

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From the Quote Box

In my most evil moments I was convinced that I was doing good, and I was well supplied with systematic arguments. It was only when I lay there on rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings … Continue reading

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For the quote box

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Thanks to Joe Schaefer @JosephSchaefer met at TEDxAlbany

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Taking a break while quilting

“Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach. ” Continue reading

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From the Quote Box, Part II

If I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. – Henry David Thoreau Continue reading

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