Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.

~ Jalaluddin Rumi

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My sister having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going.

~ Charles Dickens

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There are only do and don’t, can or can’t is just an excuse.

~ M.f. Moonzajer

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