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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove ones self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Wisdom
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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People
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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. – Rudyard Kipling

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Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. – John Barth

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To hell with facts! We need stories! – Ken Kesey

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Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle. – Robert Olen Butler

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