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“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.” - Pascal Mercier



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 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.

Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.

Albert Camus

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Alexander Pope

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.

Amy Tan

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.

Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.

Amy Tan

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.

People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.

Flannery O'Connor

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

George Harrison