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Hope is not a feeling; it is a doable, dramatic action.
The weight of guilt is measured not in years, but in sleepless nights.
The longer life goes on, the fewer those around you to challenge your account of things, to remind you that life is not as you tell it, but as you remember it.
I write not to explain the world but to understand it.
"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."
"The worst enemy of truth is not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic."
"Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides."
"I don't write to be loved, I write to be understood."
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.
Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on.
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
Patriotism is not a choice, but a duty.
Freedom is not a gift, but a right that must be fought for.
Resilience isn't about avoiding failure; it's about learning how to bounce back.
The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence called grit.