“Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear.”

Orson Scott Card American author, critic, public speaker and conservative political activist.

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Samuel chege from Karen JULY 13, 2013
This has kept me going

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