In off the moors, down through the mist beams, god-cursed Grendel came greedily loping. - Seamus Heaney

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Perseverance is always the way to go. You have to stay mentally prepared. You have to make sure you have some self discipline in order to recover from injuries.

Seamus Heaney

In off the moors, down through the mist beams, god-cursed Grendel came greedily loping.

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No bit of the natural world is more valuable or more vulnerable than the tree bit. Nothing is more like ourselves, standing upright, caught between heaven and earth, frail at the extremities, yet strong at the central trunk, and nothing is closer to us at the beginning and at the end, providing the timber boards that frame both the cradle and the coffin.

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Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

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