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“I don't believe I shall ever marry; I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in any hurry to give it up for any mortal man.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. So we must stretch ourselves to the very limits of human possibility. Anything less is a sin against both God and man.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.”
― Epictetus

“I was in the winter of my life- and the men I met along the road were my only summer. At night I fell sleep with vision of myself dancing and laughing and crying with them. Three year down the line of being on an endless world tour and memories of them were the only things that sustained me, and my only real happy times. I was a singer, not very popular one, who once has dreams of becoming a beautiful poet- but upon an unfortunate series of events saw those dreams dashed and divided like million stars in the night sky that I wished on over and over again- sparkling and broken. But I really didn’t mind because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it to know what true freedom is.

When the people I used to know found out what I had been doing, how I had been living- they asked me why. But there’s no use in talking to people who have a home, they have no idea what its like to seek safety in other people, for home to be wherever you lied you head.

I was always an unusual girl, my mother told me that I had a chameleon soul. No moral compass pointing me due north, no fixed personality. Just an inner indecisiviness that was as wide as wavering as the ocean. And if I said that I didn’t plan for it to turn out this way I’d be lying- because I was born to be the other woman. I belonged to no one- who belonged to everyone, who had nothing- who wanted everything with a fire for every experience and an obssesion for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn’t even talk about- and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me.

Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people- and finally I did- on the open road. We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.

LIVE FAST. DIE YOUNG. BE WILD. AND HAVE FUN.

I believe in the country America used to be. I belive in the person I want to become, I believe in the freedom of the open road. And my motto is the same as ever- *I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I’m at war with myself- I Ride. I Just Ride.*

Who are you? Are you in touch with all your darkest fantasies?
Have you created a life for yourself where you’re free to experience them?
I Have.
I Am Fucking Crazy. But I Am Free.”
― Lana Del Rey

“She turned her can'ts into cans and her dreams into plans.”
― Kobi Yamada, She...

“Outer beauty is inner beauty made visible, and it manifests itself in the light that flows in our eyes.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side.

Because Love needs to rest, so that it can journey through the heavens and reveal itself in other forms.

Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain productive, no child can learn about life, no artist can create, no work can grow and be transformed.

Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement.

Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.

Therefore, blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge.

If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.

And if you do not know yourself, you will begin to fear the void.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Elegance is not an outer quality, but a part of the soul that is visible to others.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Love accepts its companion unconditionally and allow each to grow in his or her own way.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Nature is telling us: "Change!”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“When you are going through difficult times, remember: you might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Nothing in this world is useless in the eyes of God.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“The great wisdom of life is to realize that we can be the master of the things that try to enslave us.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Don't let other's say "That road is better" or "That route is easier." The greatest gift God gave us is the power to make decisions.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Love is an act of faith, not an exchange.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“When we are walking our chosen path, we walk elegantly, emanating light.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Fate is never unfair to anyone. We are all free to love or hate what we do.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Although anxiety is part of life, never let it control you.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself. Never try to please everyone, if you do, you will be respected by no one.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Because the act of surrender means: "I trust you.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“We are always prepared to defend ourselves, because we all live with the fear and paranoia that other people don't like us.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“When you forgive, the person who insulted you feels humbled in his error and becomes loyal.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“We are afraid to change because we think that, after so much effort and sacrifice, we know our present world. And even though that world might not be the best of all worlds, and even though we may not be entirely satisfied with it, at least it won’t give us any nasty surprises. We won’t go wrong. When necessary, we will make a few minor adjustments so that everything continues the same.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Don’t give up. Remember, it’s always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“Some people you want to get to know and some people you want to know you....For whatever reason, there are people that you want to tell your weird, secret thoughts to. You want to show them your pimples and tell them about your braces. You want them to love you because of those things, not in spite of them. 'Some people make you want to be known,'" (p. 302)”
― Nicola Yoon, Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet

“Momma said people are like streams, and when you meet your beloved, you become a single river flowing in one direction; currents, waves, ripples, indistinguishable from one another.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet

“Resolution: Just don’t be so afraid.
You will take chances.
You will find your way.
You will lose opportunities. You will find luck.
You will lose your heart.
He will give you his.
That? You get to keep.”
― Huntley Fitzpatrick, Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.—”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet