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The bag sprang a leak. The leak had to be patched. The patch sprang a leak. The crew patched the patch. Then the bag sprang another leak. The drilling could not go on.

— Linda Sue Park A Long Walk to Water (2010)

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Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope.

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