The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.
Life, Change, Past
Ye'll never best your fears until ye face them
That's how you have to read this book, you see. You wade through a few sentences, then stop and think about them, then wade through a few more.
Books, Reading
While the other women turned back to their talk of Saint-Germain, she took the opportunity to curl into her chair again and read, and so remove herself from all her greater cares and all the people causing them.
Reading
But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end in bitter disappointment.
Life Lessons
David McClelland was changed by that day more than most men.
Change
Watching him walk off was very nearly as absorbing as observing his approach. He walked as all men ought to walk, with a decided swagger to his shoulders.
Men
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