"Whatever enchants, also guides and protects."
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"According to the wisest souls, we know everyone everywhere without having met in person—not much comfort when you're trying to narrow your search."
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"When it comes to slipping a Fleet biplane down to land in a little bit of hayfield, I was second to few; but at that moment in the Gladys Hutchinson Library I thought that when it comes to herding a fortune, I might be second to none at all, I might be an unmatched disaster."
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"Airplanes, I can handle, I thought, but money makes me nervous. Can money crash?"
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"There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go."
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"Because we believe the...