The greatest grace of a gift, perhaps, is that it anticipates and admits of no return. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Quotesmemo.com

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To read a character I'm not sympathizing with is generally quite a good, attractive proposition because I've got somewhere to go, I've got work to do, to try to understand why they behave like they behave, to relate entirely and understand them and to be completely emotionally connected. That is much more fun 99 percent of the time.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The greatest grace of a gift, perhaps, is that it anticipates and admits of no return.

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Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.

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Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.

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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

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It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

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