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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Never give up on your friends. Never give up your faith in them. It's when everything is worse than you could ever imagine it could be, that you'll need your friends the most.”
― Graeme Rodaughan, The Dragon's Den

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“No matter where life takes you...the place where you stand at any moment is holy ground. Love hard and love wide and love long, and you will find the goodness in it.”
― Susan Vreeland, Lisette's List

“One sees clearly only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince et ses amis

“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Talking reminds me that no matter how difficult my life is, I have always found a solution to my problems. When I think about this, I am not afraid. We can do this. I can do this.”
― Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“It’s not a direction I’d ever imagined I’d go in, but that’s okay. Life does that, doesn’t it? Reroutes you as it goes along.”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“You never get a second chance to have a first impression.”
― Geraldine Brooks, Horse

“This life is mine alone. So I have stopped asking people for directions to places they’ve never been.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“WE CAN DO HARD THINGS.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“You can worry about the small stuff, or you can live your life.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, She's Up to No Good

“Those who smile with their eyes are surely the most likeable of people.”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

“Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

“One step at a time, one day at a time, just today, just this day to get through.”
― Linda Sue Park, A Long Walk to Water

“Every woman draws a circle around herself. Sometimes she has to be the only thing inside it.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches

“Don’t forget what you are. Everything.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches

“How many of us have a true friend who loves what we do and is willing to listen for hours?”
― John Grisham, The Guardians

“It's feeling like every day is the perfect day even if the whole day isn't perfect but finding the moments that are.”
― Elissa Sussman, Funny You Should Ask

“He laughed. It was a great laugh, all low and dark and rich. If chocolate cake had a laugh, it would be like that.”
― Elissa Sussman, Funny You Should Ask

“If I stay very still and very open, our energies feel so close it's as if we can almost touch in this place where love is infinite. Limitless.”
― Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

“She's one of the golden threads running through each of our lives. Hope, in human form.”
― Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

“Every single ordinary person has an extraordinary story.”
― Cecelia Ahern, One Hundred Names