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Henry David Thoreau Quotes: Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.
         

Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.


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What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

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