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“He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.”

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Hesiod, an ancient Greek poet, whose birth and death dates are unknown. He is an important figure in Greek literature, known for his epic works 'Works and Days' and 'Theogony'. more

“You know all that sympathy that you feel for an abused child who suffers without a good mom or dad to love and care for them? Well, they don't stay children forever. No one magically becomes an adult the day they turn eighteen. Some people grow up sooner, many grow up later. Some never really do. But just remember that some people in this world are older versions of those same kids we cry for.”

“I know that it's easier to look at death than it is to look at pain, because while death is irrevocable, and the grief will lessen in time, pain is too often merely relentless and irreversible.”

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Book:The End of the World As We Know It: Scenes from a Life

Source: The End of the World As We Know It: Scenes from a Life

“I would give anything, anything, to be the man to whom this has not happened. I can not accommodate myself to it. In a lifetime of trying, I can not accommodate myself to it. And now I will have to be that person forever.”

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Book:The End of the World As We Know It: Scenes from a Life

Source: The End of the World As We Know It: Scenes from a Life

“The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready.”

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Author:Nancy E. Turner

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