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She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down wit

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts. – George Eliot

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We must not sit still and look for miracles up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything. – George Eliot

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Faith
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Death is the king of this world: Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. – George Eliot

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Death
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Im proof against that word failure. Ive seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. – George Eliot

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Sorrow makes us all children again — destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest know nothing. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Grief

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. – Jacques Prévert

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Grief

The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Im a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen. – J. M. Synge

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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. – William S. Burroughs

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A smile is something you can’t give away; it always comes back to you. – Author Unknown

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Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, “I have failed three times,” and what happens when he says, “I am a failure.” – S.I. Hayakawa

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