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“…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.”
― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

“The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.”
― Mark Nepo

“Light is in both the broken bottle and the diamond.”
― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

“When we keep choosing between right and wrong. We spend our energy sorting life rather than living it.”
― Mark Nepo

“Whatever opens us is not as important as what it opens.”
― Mark Nepo

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Step Away from the Mean Girls…
…and say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks.
Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others.

This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, to be generous with yourself. The next time you look into the mirror, try to let go of the story line that says you're too fat or too sallow, too ashy or too old, your eyes are too small or your nose too big; just look into the mirror and see your face. When the criticism drops away, what you will see then is just you, without judgment, and that is the first step toward transforming your experience of the world.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have...undressed in front of a gentleman has he ever asked you to leave? Has he ever walked out and left? No? It's because he doesn't care! He's in a room with a naked girl, he just won the lottery. I am so tired of saying no, waking up in the morning and recalling every single thing I ate the day before, counting every calorie I consumed so I know just how much self loathing to take into the shower. I'm going for it. I have no interest in being obese, I'm just through with the guilt. So this is what I'm going to do, I'm going to finish this pizza, and then we are going to go watch the soccer game, and tomorrow we are going to go on a little date and buy ourselves some bigger jeans.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert

“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
― Amy Bloom

“What can I say? I've never met a cupcake I didn't want to get to know better.”
― Jasinda Wilder, Big Girls Do It Better

“I've got two backs, me - and I'm glad! Tits can be . . . mwa, I know, but they're always in the bloody road. Even in bed.”
― Martin Amis, The Pregnant Widow