"The hand of God creates; it does not conceal."
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"Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced."
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"Gradually the healing took place, seeming as it always does that it wasn't taking place."
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"What does literature do for me? I think I solve problems in my writing. They may be my problems, but perhaps others share them, and in the process of working these through, I hope to entertain."
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"The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty: therefore, if it brings no advantage, it does much harm by unprofitably disturbing the Church."
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"What matters it to me if someone does not understand this? Let him too rejoice and say, “What is this?” Let him rejoice even at this, and let him love to find you while not finding it out, rather than, while finding it out, not to find you."
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"Whoever is still seeking for miracles so that he may believe is himself a wonder, who does not believe while the world around him does."
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"Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos."
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"He who does not at some time, with definite determination consent to the terribleness of life, or even exalt in it, never takes possession of the inexpressible fullness of the power of our existence."
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"Ah," cried Gavroche, "what does this mean? It rains again! ...If this continues, I withdraw my subscription."
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"It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget."
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"Imagination is a very high sort of seeing, which does not come by study, but by the intellect being where and what it sees, by sharing the path, or circuits of things through forms, and so making them translucid to others."
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"Furthermore, the apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it to know better the eternal truths it must proclaim"
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"He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber."
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"When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy."
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"For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us."
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"He does most in God's great world who does his best in his own little world."
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"For if I am to love truly and freely, I must be able to give something that is truly my own to another. If my heart does not first belong to me, how can I give it to another?"
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"Love is free; it does not depend on the desirability of its object, but loves for love's sake."
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"Duty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful and fill it with life."
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