“It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.”
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) American novelist
Source: Marjorie's Three Gifts
“It is amazing how well the worst ones think of themselves, and how little the best ones do.”
Source: Titans of Chaos (2007), Chapter 22, “The Bubble Bath” (p. 300)
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