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Faith is the ability to endure.Michael R. French
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Rationality and calm self-determination were one of the great illusions of the universe... in the end, we were all ruled by our passions.Michael R. French
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Falling in love is more than infatuation. It is the need to feel whole, to feel safe, to be healed, to join together with someone, heart and soul.Michael R. French
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Adversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world.Michael R. French
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Albert Einstein was never clear if he believed in time travel, but had he raised a toddler, he certainly would have.Michael R. French
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Your life can end at any time, and it can end more than once. But it can also begin more than once.Michael R. French
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We are not strangers. It’s a lack of trust that keeps us separated.Michael R. French
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What's real and what's not? People we meet in books-- Holden Caulfield, Captain Ahab, Huckleberry Finn, Harry Potter, Bilbo and Gandalf and Frodo-- can become more memorable, and more important to us than people with birth certificates and drivers' licenses. Characters spawned in an author's imagination find a home inside us. They make our lives richer. They become our best friends. They never disappoint. And they never die.Michael R. French
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In general men keep their internal lives—and their more complex emotions—closely guarded, because either they don't understand them or they are afraid of being betrayed by them.Michael R. French
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Racism and inequality are likened to a fungus which grows in dark places and is all the more poisonous because one cannot see it.Michael R. French
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We must believe we are capable of transcending evil, of not needing to hide in the darkness or surrender to our basest fears.Michael R. French
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Racism is not simply about one man's irrational hatred of another but his self-hatred, doubting his own moral goodness and purpose.Michael R. French
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The liberation from ignorance and tyranny was a long war, because the oppressors always had the advantage. They smooth-talked the masses with lies and promises.Michael R. French
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In our ever-changing universe, lives collide, and, like runaway planets, we just keep going.Michael R. French
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When you're in love, there's nothing that can embarrass or surprise you.Michael R. French
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Life brings only so much luck which when used up leaves you without a safety net.Michael R. French
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Falling in love is different for everyone.Michael R. French