Quote by Georges Duhamel
The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and str

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? – Georges Duhamel

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Do not trust your memory it is a net full of holes the most beautiful prizes slip through it. – Georges Duhamel

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I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. – Georges Duhamel

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Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. – William E. Gladstone

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Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go. – Hermann Hesse

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Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him. – Anna Julia Cooper

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Its a wonderful side effect of what were doing, to give someone the strength to come out of the closet to their family, or simply present themselves aesthetically in a way they feel happy with, whether or not their friends are going to be allowed to like them anymore. – Davey Havok

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