Geraldine McCaughreanUnhappy people do the oddest, most terrible things, just trying to keep despair at bay. All you have to do is accept them...go around them...take evasive action.
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The most important thing in the world is not what you do with yourself, but who you are and what you think of others. Because we can make ourselves happy or miserable, we can make our friends and associates happy or miserable. We can be a friend of happiness or misery, and thus influence others.
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