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  • #1
    Johanna Spyri
    “The grandfather explained to her that it was the sun that did it. "When he says good-night to the mountains he throws his most beautiful colors over them, so that they may not forget him before he comes again the next day.”
    Johanna Spyri, Heidi

  • #2
    Johanna Spyri
    “The fire in the evening was the best of all. Peter said is wasn't fie, but he couldn't tell me what it really was. You can thought, Grandfather, can't you?'
    'It's the sun's way of saying goodnight to the mountains' he explained. 'He spreads that beautiful light over them so that they won't forget him till he comes back in the morning.”
    Johanna Spyri, Heidi

  • #3
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • #4
    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #5
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.”
    Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

  • #6
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”
    Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

  • #7
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”
    Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

  • #8
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.”
    Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

  • #9
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”
    Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

  • #10
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.”
    Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

  • #11
    Cathy Rentzenbrink
    “Don’t allow anything to dent your reading pleasure. Don’t let anyone tell you that what you like isn’t proper, that what brings comfort and ease to your soul isn’t good enough.”
    Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

  • #12
    Cathy Rentzenbrink
    “The very way that fiction works – the process of conflict and resolution at the heart of every story – means that novels are full of people encountering challenging situations and, usually, surviving them. Books are a masterclass in how to carry on.”
    Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

  • #13
    Cathy Rentzenbrink
    “It is both simple and profound to consider the vastness of human experience that sits on one small shelf of books”
    Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

  • #14
    Cathy Rentzenbrink
    “Be brave with it. Be brave with the thing that you are most scared to talk about, that is the thing you need to be able to talk about. There are so many tragedies in you and joys in you that need a voice, and you would be so surprised to see that when you voice that thing that you are so scared of how many people across the world will go, ‘Hey, I feel like that too. Thank you for putting a voice to how I feel.’ NIKITA GILL”
    Cathy Rentzenbrink, Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page

  • #15
    Michelle Obama
    “For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.”
    Michelle Obama, Becoming

  • #16
    Michelle Obama
    “If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.”
    Michelle Obama, Becoming

  • #17
    Michelle Obama
    “Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”
    Michelle Obama, Becoming



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