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Gather the stars if you wish it so Gather the songs and keep them. Gather the faces of women. Gather for keeping years and years. And then... Loosen your hands, let go and say good-bye. Let the stars and songs go. Let the faces and years go. Loosen your hands and say good-bye.
— Carl Sandburg
Tags: poetry

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Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak.
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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure if they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
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