English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
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Beware the illusion of certainty; wisdom dwells in the space between.
The strongest chains are those forged not of iron, but of habit.
Grief is a quiet monster, residing within the walls of our hearts, silently consuming us.
The past is a lantern on the stern, which shows us the rocks that we must avoid.
The seeds of kindness, though small, can blossom into gardens of compassion.
True strength is found not in shielding oneself from pain, but in learning to bear it with grace.
The most profound discoveries are often made not by seeking answers, but by questioning assumptions.
The tapestry of life is woven with threads of joy and sorrow, each lending depth to the other.
We are each a story, unfolding one page at a time. Let us strive to make each chapter worth reading.
Regret is the ghost of choices not made, haunting the halls of what might have been.
The truest wisdom is often found not in certainty, but in the acceptance of inevitable ambiguity.
It is in the quiet moments of reflection that we truly discover ourselves.
To understand another, one must first strive to understand oneself.
It is not the absence of darkness, but the presence of light that defines our journey.
The weight of unspoken words is often heavier than any burden we carry.
We are all debtors, owing kindness to those who have shown it to us, and compassion to those who need it.
The quietest revolutions are those that occur within the human heart.
The truest measure of a life is not in its length, but in its depth of feeling and its breadth of experience.
The past is a lantern on our stern, showing us where we have been, not where we are going.
The finest tapestry is woven not with threads of gold alone, but with threads of sorrow and joy intertwined.
Hope is the quiet, persistent whisper that reminds us even in darkness, dawn will surely break.
There is a quiet strength in enduring, even when hope seems a distant echo.
To ignore the past is to condemn ourselves to repeat its errors.
The truest wisdom lies not in knowing all, but in understanding the limits of what one can know.
Grief, like a relentless tide, erodes the shores of our being, leaving behind a landscape forever altered.
To know another soul is to bear witness to a world both familiar and utterly foreign.
There is no wisdom gained without the willingness to confront one's own ignorance.
The truest wisdom lies not in knowing all, but in understanding the limits of what we can know.
The strongest chains are not forged of iron, but of habit and expectation.
Hope is the fragile seed that blossoms even in the most barren of souls.
True understanding requires the courage to confront perspectives that challenge our own.
A life well-lived is not defined by the absence of sorrow, but by the grace with which we bear it.
To understand a soul, one must feel with it, not merely observe it.
We yearn for perfection, yet it is in our imperfections that we find our humanity.
The strongest minds are often those that suffer the most.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
We are all bound by invisible threads of consequence, each action a ripple in the vast sea of existence.
To know oneself is to know a fragment of the universe, a shard of its vast and intricate design.
It is not the absence of shadows that defines happiness, but the courage to walk through them.
The strongest chains are often those we forge ourselves.
The strongest bonds are forged not in ease, but in shared adversity.
The most subtle betrayals are those we commit against ourselves.