He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

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""God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.""

- Rudyard Kipling

Love

"Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs."

- Rudyard Kipling

Awareness

"I only hope the fish will take half as much trouble for me as I’ve taken for them."

- Rudyard Kipling

Compassion

"They will come back, come back again, as long as the red earth rolls. He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think He would squander souls?"

- Rudyard Kipling

Hope

"Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade."

- Rudyard Kipling

Hard Work

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

Creativity

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

Creativity

"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

Creativity