“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh—I really think that requires”

— Jean Webster , book Daddy-Long-Legs

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American novelist 1876–1916

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