"Wʜᴇɴ ᴛʀᴀɢᴇᴅʏ ғᴀʟʟs ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs, ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴇᴀsɪʟʏ ᴄᴏᴍғᴏʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴏᴋᴀʏ. Iᴛ ɪs ᴏɴʟʏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʀᴀɢᴇᴅʏ ғᴀʟʟs ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴏᴜʀsᴇʟᴠᴇs, ᴅᴏ ᴡᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴʙᴇᴀʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ. Wᴇ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ɪғ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴅʀᴀɢ ᴏɴ ғᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪғ ᴅᴀʏʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ. Bᴜᴛ ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs sᴏᴍᴇᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛs, ᴡᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛᴏʀᴛᴜʀᴏᴜs sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ, ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴄʟᴏsᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ sᴇᴇᴋ. Tʜᴏᴜɢʜ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴜs ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ғɪɴᴅ sᴀʟᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ sᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴏғ ᴜs ᴡʜᴏ ᴡɪʟʟ ғɪɴᴅ ᴀ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇs. Bᴜᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ sᴜʀᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛᴏ ғᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ɪᴛ. Fᴏʀ ɪᴛ ɪs ɪᴍᴘʀɪɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ᴍɪɴᴅs ғᴏʀ ᴀs ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀs ᴡᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ."
"Tʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴡᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢʀᴏᴡ ᴜᴘ. Tʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪsɴ'ᴛ ᴀs sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴀs ᴡᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟɪғᴇ ɪs sᴏ, sᴏ ʜᴀʀᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴄʀᴜᴇʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ. Aɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs, ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴄʀɪғɪᴄᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ. Yᴇᴛ sᴜʀᴇʟʏ, ᴡᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ; ᴀs ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ɴɪɢʜᴛs ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ."
-LɪᴛᴇʀᴏғTᴇᴀʀs
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ɪƒ ƴσυ'ʀє αʟσηє,
ɪ'ʟʟ ɓє ƴσυʀ ѕɧα∂σѡ.
ɪƒ ƴσυ ѡαηт тσ cʀƴ,
ɪ'ʟʟ ɓє ƴσυʀ ѕɧσυʟ∂єʀ.
ɪƒ ƴσυ ѡαηт α ɧυɢ,
ɪ'ʟʟ ɓє ƴσυʀ ρɪʟʟσѡ.
ɪƒ ƴσυ ηєє∂ тσ ɓє ɧαρρƴ,
ɪ'ʟʟ ɓє ƴσυʀ ѕɱɪʟє.
ɓυт αηƴтɪɱє ƴσυ ηєє∂ α ƒʀɪєη∂,
ɪ'ʟʟ ʝυѕт ɓє ɱє.
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