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"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it." (Edith Wharton)

"For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." (Rainer Marie Rilke)

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end." (Gilda Radner)

"When once you have tasted flight you will always walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward: for there you have been and there you will always be." (Henry Van Dyke, writer)

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
(Emily Dickinson)

"Life is a series of hellos and good-byes. I'm afraid it's time for good-bye again. So many faces in and out of my life, some will last, some will just be now and then." (Billy Joel, from "Say Good-bye to Hollywood")