"I may err in judgment, but I hope not in intention."
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"I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it."
"Youth is not rich in time; it may be poor; Part with it as with money, sparing; pay No moment but in purchase of its worth, And what it's worth, ask death-beds; they can tell."
"Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength."
"About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome."
"No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions."
"I describe incidents which may or may not have happened but which are true."
"One can do without solutions. Only the questions matter. We may share them or turn away from them."
"I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth."
"Quick-loving hearts ... may quickly loathe."
"The least flower, with brimming cup, may stand and share its dew drop with another near."
"You may return here once you have fully come to understand that you are always here."
"I'm praying we don't go to war with Iraq. If we do, I may have to go back to work earlier."
"Longing, it may be, is the gift no other gift supplies."
"The Past is such a curious Creature To look her in the Face A Transport may receipt us Or a Disgrace-."
"Unto a broken heart No other one may go Without the high prerogative Itself hath suffered too."
"I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself."
"Other Courtesies have been - Other Courtesy may be - We commend ourselves to thee Paragon of Chivalry."
"To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported."
"Authorities say brain cells may shrink, but they don't necessarily die. Frankly, I am cheered by the fact that something is shrinking. I'd be even more thrilled if what was shrinking affected my dress size, but you can't have everything."