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The true soldier fights not because <\/strong>
he hates what is in front of him<\/strong>
but because he loves what is behind him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literature is a luxury<\/strong>
fiction is a necessity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is the great lesson of \u2018Beauty and the Beast<\/strong>
that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two ways to get enough.<\/strong>
One is to continue to accumulate more and more.<\/strong>
The other is to desire less and less.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

G K Chesterton<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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