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“In the name of Persephone,
I embrace my duality.
The day and night in me
no longer frighten me.”
― Trista Mateer, Persephone Made Me Do It

“love has little to do with blood relations and more to do with who you choose to bleed for”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

“It is simple. You believe in the triumphs of love despite growing up in full view of its defeat because you are brave.”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

“Not all gods are born.
Plenty of us rise.”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

“To stop resenting my mother I had to unlearn the idea that our parents are these infallible beings who always know the right thing to do, and do it. I had to realize that she’s more than a mother. She’s a person with unresolved trauma and she’s scared of being alone and she’s frustrated with existence, just like everyone else.”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

“I know why Eve
stole the fruit.
I know why Pandora
opened the jar.
Can you really say you don’t?”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“No tree can grow to Heaven,” adds the ever-terrifying Carl Gustav Jung, psychoanalyst extraordinaire, “unless its roots reach down to Hell.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Will you forever be the prize I am aimlessly trying to win"
"Is that all I am to you? A trophy?"
"Oh, darling, a trophy implies that I won it, earned it, deserve it." He leans in farther, a certain reverence in his gaze. "But if i get to have you, it will be because you let me.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“For every girl who has ever felt powerless”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“Os loucos vêem no impossível todos os motivos para continuar enquanto os outros vêem os motivos para desistir, e ainda lhes chamam malucos.”
― Pedro Chagas Freitas, Prometo Falhar

“... havia que envelhecer juntos, é isso, amar é a melhor maneira de envelhecer, e nós estamos a envelhecer bem, sabemos a importância de cada dia ...”
― Pedro Chagas Freitas, Queres Casar Comigo Todos Os Dias?

“O amor é bem capaz de ser a sensação de que podemos cair e nem isso nos fazer parar.”
― Pedro Chagas Freitas, Queres Casar Comigo Todos Os Dias?

“Parece que o abraço é proibido. Não gosto de proibições. É o método mais eficiente para despertar o idiota rebelde que vive em mim, em nós.”
― Pedro Chagas Freitas, O Hospital de Alfaces

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Take this as your reminder. Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear darkness, some wear wounds.”
― Nikita Gill, Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul

“She is unpredictable, and unpredictable is another word for 'threat' when a woman wears it well.”
― Nikita Gill, Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul

“Your silence will not protect you.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

“It's the same with the wound in our hearts. We need to give them our attention so that they can heal. Otherwise the wounds continue to cause us pain. Sometimes for a very long time. We're all going to get hurt. But here's the trick - they also serve an amazing purpose.
When our hearts are wounded that's when they open.
We grow through pain.
We grow through difficult situations.
That's why you have to embrace each and every difficult thing in your life.”
― James R. Doty, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

“She taught me the pointlessness of wishing for a different past and the futility of worrying about all of the frightening futures over which I had no control.”
― James R. Doty, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets ofthe Heart

“Others will create your reality if you can’t make it for yourself.”
― James doty, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People