“My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.”

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"In every class of society, gratitude is the rarest of all human virtues."

- Wilkie Collins

Gratitude

"Miss Fairlie laughed with a ready good-humor, which broke out as brightly as if it had been part of the sunshine above us…"

- Wilkie Collins

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"There is beauty in the Beast, just as there is darkness in the most perfect human."

- Beauty and the Beast

Balance

"When you leave work on Friday, leave work. Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails). Take a break. You will be more refreshed to begin the workweek if you have had a break."

- Catherine Pulsifer

Balance

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

- Albert Einstein

Balance

"Make your Tuesday as productive as possible, but don’t forget to enjoy the journey."

Balance

"You can’t always hold on to the things that are important. By letting them go we gain something else."

- Kunio Yaobi

Balance