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Sharp clarity

Photo by Filip Zrnzević on Unsplash It had rained all morning and then suddenly cleared at noon, and the air, freshly washed today, was like dark crystal in the sharp clarity and sombre focus it gave to every image. James Jones in From Here to Eternity (as mentioned in Joan Didion's essay In the Islands )
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You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great (Zig Ziglar)

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Not knowing when the dawn wll come, I open every door (Emily Dickinson)

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We can never tell what is in store for us (Harry S. Truman)

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If there is no struggle, there is no progress (Frederick Douglass)

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A girl should be two things: who and what she wants (Coco Chanel)

 
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The worth of time

Mrs. March (a.k.a. Marmee) Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life becomes a beautiful success, in spite of poverty. (Mrs. March to her daughters) Louisa May Alcott (in Little Women )
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