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The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
- Benjamin Disraeli

I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
- Albert Einstein

I can't believe that God plays dice with the universe.
- Albert Einstein

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
- William Shakespeare

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
- Benjamin Franklin

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand.
- Mark Twain

Amy Tan Quotes and Quotations

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Whenever I'm with my [teenager], I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.

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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

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