With me, I go by characteristics. I look nothing like a dwarf, yet I like them because they carry similar characteristics that I like: toughness, hard work, loyalty, love for their kin, a deep sense of patriotism for their race, and their appreciation for all things that are beautiful.
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I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men!
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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