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John Dos Passos Quotes

John Dos Passos quote: " life is to be used, not just held in the hand like a box of..."

... life is to be used, not just held in the hand like a box of bonbons that nobody eats.

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A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good. Bhumibol Adulyadej
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Let me claim that Africa and I kept company for a while and then parted ways as if we were both party to relations with a failed outcome. Or say I was afflicted with Africa like a bout of a rare disease from which I have not managed a full recovery. Barbara Kingsolver