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Graduation Cards

If you did not give the graduation speech, Borealis Press graduation cards are your chance to shine. Click on the image or the underlined description to see a larger version.

All Occasion Card 7065a
You are about to enter the most uncertain and thrilling period of your life. The stories you are about to live are the memories you will be telling your children, grandchildren, and therapists.
Lin-Manuel Miranda (b.1980)

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All Occasion Card 7064a
Do all of the other things, the ambitious things – travel, get famous, innovate, fall in love, make and lose fortunes, but as you do... err in the direction of kindness.
George Saunders (b.1958)

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All Occasion Card 7059a
There is no such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you've got is life time. Go.
Henry Lawrence Garfield (b.1961)

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All Occasion Card 7059a
There is no such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you've got is life time. Go.
Henry Lawrence Garfield (b.1961)

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Graduation Card 31GR
You wrote your papers, you passed your tests; you're on your way.
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Keep doing your best. Congratulations Grad!

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Graduation Card 31GR
You wrote your papers, you passed your tests; you're on your way.
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Keep doing your best. Congratulations Grad!

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Graduation Card 30GR
When you started this trip you looked a bit skeptical.
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Hang on to that edge, Graduate.
Congratulations!

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Graduation Card 30GR
When you started this trip you looked a bit skeptical.
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Hang on to that edge, Graduate.
Congratulations!

Photo: Paul Duckworth / Marion Duckworth Smith

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Graduation Card 29GR
The world is yours...
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And you're just the man to take care of it. Congratulations, Graduate!

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Graduation Card 29GR
The world is yours...
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And you're just the man to take care of it. Congratulations, Graduate!

Photo: David Lorenz Winston

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Graduation Card 28GR
It's a doggy world out there.
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But you'll never have a bad hair day. Congratulations, Grad!

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Graduation Card 28GR
It's a doggy world out there.
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But you'll never have a bad hair day. Congratulations, Grad!

Photo: Dede Johnson

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Graduation Card 27GR
Congratulations, Grad!
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You'll never lose your cool.

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Graduation Card 27GR
Congratulations, Grad!
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You'll never lose your cool.

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Congratulations Card 1126CGa
Congratulations!

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Congratulations Card 1126CGa
Congratulations!

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Congratulations Card 1089CGa
APPLAUSE!!!
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Congratulations You are Otterly Amazing.

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Congratulations Card 1089CGa
APPLAUSE!!!
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Congratulations You are Otterly Amazing.

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Congratulations Card 1068CGa
Hooty Hoot Hoot
Congratulations!

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Congratulations Card 1068CGa
Hooty Hoot Hoot
Congratulations!

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Congratulations Card 1067CGa
Sky's the limit
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Congratulations!

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Congratulations Card 1067CGa
Sky's the limit
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Congratulations!

Photo: Oscar C. Williams

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Congratulations Card 756CGa
CONGRATS!

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Congratulations Card 756CGa
CONGRATS!

Photo: Paul Duckworth/Marion Duckworth Smith

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Congratulations Card 577CGa
Congratulations!
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You Smart Good Looking High Stepping Thing!
Well Done!

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Congratulations Card 577CGa
Congratulations!
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You Smart Good Looking High Stepping Thing!
Well Done!

Photo: Alec Hartman

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Birthday/All Occasion Card 1124HBa
To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.
Anatole France (1844–1924)

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Birthday/All Occasion Card 1124HBa
To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.
Anatole France (1844–1924)

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Birthday/All Occasion Card 1122HBa
Fly through the air, live in the sunlight, and enjoy life as much as you can.
Robert Craig (Evel) Knievel, Jr. (1938-2007)

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Birthday/All Occasion Card 1122HBa
Fly through the air, live in the sunlight, and enjoy life as much as you can.
Robert Craig (Evel) Knievel, Jr. (1938-2007)

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Retirement/Congratulations Card 1024CGa
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the ones you did, so throw off the lines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the tradewinds in your sails.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940)
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Congratulations

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Encouragement Card 1004Ea
If you care enough about a result, you will most certainly attain it.
William James (1842-1910)

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Encouragement Card 1004Ea
If you care enough about a result, you will most certainly attain it.
William James (1842-1910)
Photo: Voller Ernst

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All Occasion Card 7031a
Be strong. Be confident. Be you.
Tia Sparkles Singh

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All Occasion Card 7031a
Be strong. Be confident. Be you.
Tia Sparkles Singh

Photo: David Frankenstein

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All Occasion Card 7025a
At least once a day...let your imagination get in the way.
Isaac Webb (b.1999)

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All Occasion Card 7025a
At least once a day...let your imagination get in the way.
Isaac Webb (b.1999)

Photo: Laura Beth Davidson

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All Occasion Card 7024a
Take a step / Take a hop
Take a leap / Soar

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All Occasion Card 7024a
Take a step / Take a hop
Take a leap / Soar

Photo: Elizabeth Dennis Baldwin

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All Occasion Card 7021a
You're so cool.

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All Occasion Card 7021a
You're so cool.

Photo: Jim Still-Pepper

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All Occasion Card 7020a
MAKE BIG MUSIC

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All Occasion Card 7020a
MAKE BIG MUSIC

Photo: JoAnn Cancro

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All Occasion Card 7007a
One's destination is never a place, but a new way of looking at things.
Henry Miller (1891-1980)

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All Occasion Card 7007a
One's destination is never a place, but a new way of looking at things.
Henry Miller (1891-1980)

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Encouragement Card 907Ea
Your friends may be nuts, but we're rooting for you.

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Encouragement Card 907Ea
Your friends may be nuts, but we're rooting for you.

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Encouragement Card 905Ea
No one can possibly know what is about to happen. It is happening each time, for the first time, for the only time.
James Baldwin (1924-1987)

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Encouragement Card 905Ea
No one can possibly know what is about to happen. It is happening each time, for the first time, for the only time.
James Baldwin (1924-1987)

Photo: George Daniell

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All Occasion Card 904a
Wherever the road leads... go!
M. Montague (b.1941)

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All Occasion Card 904a
Wherever the road leads... go!
M. Montague (b.1941)

Photo: Mark M. Baldwin

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All Occasion Card 872a
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

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All Occasion Card 872a
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

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Encouragement Card 866Ea
Pardon our enthusiasm. We love you so much.

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Encouragement Card 866Ea
Pardon our enthusiasm. We love you so much.

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Encouragement Card 862E
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Anais Nin (1903-1977)

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Encouragement Card 862E
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Anais Nin (1903-1977)

Photo: Erik Simmons

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Encouragement Card 860E
Leap, and the net will appear.
John Burroughs (1837-1921)

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Encouragement Card 860E
Leap, and the net will appear.
John Burroughs (1837-1921)

Photo: Desiree Ultican

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All Occasion Card 857a
I figure if a girl wants to become a legend, she should just go ahead and be one.
Martha Jane (Calamity Jane) Cannary (1852-1903)

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All Occasion Card 857a
I figure if a girl wants to become a legend, she should just go ahead and be one.
Martha Jane (Calamity Jane) Cannary (1852-1903)

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All Occasion Card 825a
Hold tight, and pretend it's a plan.
Steven Moffat (b.1961)

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All Occasion Card 825a
Hold tight, and pretend it's a plan.
Steven Moffat (b.1961)

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All Occasion Card 757a
Instructions for life:
Pay attention. Be amazed.
Tell about it.
Mary Oliver (b.1935)

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All Occasion Card 757a
Instructions for life:
Pay attention. Be amazed.
Tell about it.
Mary Oliver (b.1935)

Photo: Mark M. Baldwin

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All Occasion Card 745a
A girl knows her limits, but a wise girl knows she has none.
Norma Jeane Mortenson (1926-1962)

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All Occasion Card 745a
A girl knows her limits, but a wise girl knows she has none.
Norma Jeane Mortenson (1926-1962)

Photo: Mark M. Baldwin

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All Occasion Card 732
Only those who will risk going too far can find out how far one can go.
Thomas Stearns (T.S.) Eliot (1888-1965)

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All Occasion Card 732
Only those who will risk going too far can find out how far one can go.
Thomas Stearns (T.S.) Eliot (1888-1965)

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All Occasion Card 446a
All who wander are not lost.

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All Occasion Card 446a
All who wander are not lost.

Photo: Sumner W. Fowler

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All Occasion Card 301a
Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision?
Unknown Hollywood script writer

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All Occasion Card 301a
Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision?
Unknown Hollywood script writer This is one of our very best-selling designs. Why do you suppose that is?

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All Occasion Card 226a
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller (1880-1968)

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All Occasion Card 226a
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller (1880-1968)

August 1st 1930, England. A stunt man takes off from a roller coaster-like structure, flies about 30 feet, and lands on another. It wasn’t the only time that similar stunts were photographed in the thirties: It must have been a craze.

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All Occasion Card 215a
Show me a day when the world wasn't new.
Sister Barbara Hance (1928-1993)

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All Occasion Card 215a
Show me a day when the world wasn't new.
Sister Barbara Hance (1928-1993)

What a photograph, by John Schoenwalter. The text is from a conversation I had with Sister Barbara Hance, a few days before she died. Sister Barbara was one of the founders of the Emmaus homeless shelter (more on which on the back of the card). She was a devout nun, of course, but with a mind of her own. On that day she said that the priest was about to come to give her last rites. “It doesn’t make much sense to me,” she said. “What makes sense to you?” I asked. “Eagles,” Barbara said. We have eagles around here. You don’t see them every day, but they’re not rare. The day Barbara died, and for more than a week afterward, there was almost always an eagle in the sky over her house. No fooling. – MB

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Kid's Congratulations Card MM21CG
CON GRA CHU LAY SHUNS

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Kid's Congratulations Card MM21CG
CON GRA CHU LAY SHUNS

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