The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.

James A. Michener
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  1. If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

  2. We seek God so earnestly, Eliav reflected, not to find Him but to discover ourselves.

  3. I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

  4. Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies the world over. Without libraries, I would be a pauper, intellectually and spiritually.

  5. Over a hundred German scientists arrived here [Huntsville] at eleven o’clock on an April morning and by nightfall more than sixty had applied for cards at the free library.

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