"There is a place called ‘heaven’ where the good here unfinished is completed; and where the stories unwritten, and the hopes unfulfilled, are continue...
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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"It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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"Above all shadows rides the Sunand Stars for ever dwell:I will not say the Day is done,nor bid the Stars farewell.