From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring.

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"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream by night."

- Edgar Allan Poe

Imagination

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

- Edgar Allan Poe

Well-being

"We loved a love that was more than love."

- Edgar Allan Poe

Love

"I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom."

- Edgar Allan Poe

Adversity

"We loved with a love that was more than love."

- Edgar Allan Poe

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"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

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"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."

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"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

- Arianna Huffington

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"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."

- Mark Twain

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