Yet we always envy others, comparing our shadows to their sunlit sides. - Margaret George

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Somebody out there was trying to use my language and trying to speak for me. Rather than have that happen, I thought I'd do it myself. It's a fun thing. It's a way for fans to connect.

Margaret George

Yet we always envy others, comparing our shadows to their sunlit sides.

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I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to live in my native land and love her, it should not be out of ignorance.

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Kindness is stronger than iron bars.

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One always imagines that the days that change one’s life must be marked with something extraordinary in nature—storms and lightning, darkness at noon, and so on. In truth they are indistinguishable from any other, which is one reason we feel mocked, as if the world is telling us we are inconsequential.

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The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night's sleep.

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