Gertrude the Great
Saint
"Soften my hard self-opinionatedness, which time has hardened so exceedingly!"
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Hardened
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Manners are the happy ways of doing things."
Rand Paul
Politician
"Hardened terrorists are coming here to hit us hard if we don't hit them first."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Novelist
"Not yet hardened, many young die good."
Jeaniene Frost
Author
"Gretchen shrugged. "After seeing how he acted when she almost died, I'm starting to get why she's with him." Then her voice hardened. "And really, Leila. That's twice now."
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"It was true; always had been. Friendships were like marriages in that way. Routines and patterns were poured early and hardened like cement."
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