Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #patience

A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
#quotes #len-goodman #airports

Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
#quotes #dan-wells #loyalty

[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets. ~J. K. Rowling
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