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1. "It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices."
— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2. "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
— Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
3. "The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."
— Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
4. "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
— Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love
5. "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
6. "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance and Other Essays
7. "It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
8. "Not all those who wander are lost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
9. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
10. "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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