You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame.

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"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, and risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

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"Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for."

- Erica Jong

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"This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away."

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"Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss."

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"A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs your heart is very big."

- Erica Jong

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"We have raised the bar. … But that doesn’t raise it just for the youth. That raises it for the parents, who have the primary responsibility for teaching their children principles. That raises it for the leaders. That raises it for the teachers. We’ve all got to take a step up in a world that is unraveling as fast as this one is."

- President M. Russell Ballard

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"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. People can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."

- Unknown

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"Life comes at a cost. Wouldn’t it be arrogant to die before you’ve repaid that debt?"

- Yuuji Kazami

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"You can’t win a game by doing nothing. And if someone else wins it for you then you haven’t accomplished anything. Life is the same way."

- Junichirou Kagami

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"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy

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