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Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.
Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.
Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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- Arthur Golden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Arthur Golden: documented birth year 1956; activity date not established. Wikidata Q432728, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432728 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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