Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel.


Anon.

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General Failure's Fault. Not Yours.
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Through struggle to the stars.
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That less than brimming is my cup.
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And God gave me problems to solve.
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We grow old because we stop playing.
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Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
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If your outgo exceeds your income your upkeep will be your downfall.
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Rank imposes obligation.
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One pill, two pill, three pill, four,
five pill, six pill, seven pill, floor.
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The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
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He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead.
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Why spi...
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I think of you often
and make no outward show,
But what it means to lose you,
no one will ...
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I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom.
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I had the blues
because I had no shoes
until upon the street,
I met a man who had no feet.
ANON.
Mighty in deeds and not in words.
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Those who dance are thought mad by those who do not hear the music.
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Forgiveness is love in its most noble form.
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God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.
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Let us look beyond the ears of our own horses so that we may see the good in one another's.
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There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.
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I am the Turquoise Woman's Son,
On top of Belted Mountain
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May every sunrise hold more promise, every moonrise hold more peace.
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What is home?

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The only thing bad about a holiday is it is followed by a non-holiday.
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Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
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He who flees judgment confesses his guilt.
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You have been given this day to use as you will.
You can w...
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A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune.
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If you get too far in front of your troops, you start looking like the enemy.
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Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable.
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You don't know how much you know until you know how much you don't know.
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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
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Never judge a man by his umbrella. It may not be his.
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Life is a journey, not a destination - we determine our destiny by the direction we take.
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Old hackers never die. They just go to bitnet.
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Lord who light the skyes and fill up the abysses,
burn in ...
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Chocolate, men, coffee - some things are better rich.
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Coffee, n. break fluid.
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Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square...
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People who think by the inch and talk by the yard deserve to be kicked by the foot.
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A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
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The mighty Oak was once a little nut that stood its ground.
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Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are foosteps on the moon.
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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
...
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Is my friend in the bunker or is the bastard on the green?
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That Jim Brown. He says he isn't Superman. What he really means is that Superman isn't Jimmy Brown!
ANON.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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Never say I love you
If you really don't care.

Never talk about feelings
If they...
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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
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Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
ANON.
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All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good eno...
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
ANON.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
ANON.
My grandpa notes the world's worn cogs
And says we're going to the dogs.
His grandpa in his ho...
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ANON.
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Life is an Adventure ... Dare it
Life is a Beauty ... Praise it
Life is a Cha...
ANON.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preser...
ANON.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
ANON.
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Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
ANON.
When one of your dreams come true, you begin to look at the others more carefully.
ANON.
One who looks for a friend without faults will have none.
ANON.
When I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realize my friends are my energy.
ANON.