“To the special adventurers of the world, may you never lose heart, or give up, or let slip the feeling that it is a mighty thing to be like Robert and his friends, the ones who put the ‘hop’ into hope.”
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“What I have in my heart and soul must find a way out. That’s the reason for music.”
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“Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears – it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many… music is even more – it can provide access even when no medicine can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity.”
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“All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak — and speak in such a way that people will remember it.”
The Far Mountains 