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    Marilynne Robinson
    “The best things that happen I'd never have thought to pray for. In a million years. The worst things just come like the weather.”
    ― Marilynne Robinson, Lila
    tags: fate
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    Tyler Knott Gregson
    “Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim.”
    ― Tyler Knott Gregson
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    Maya Angelou
    “Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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    Maya Angelou
    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
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    “There is freedom waiting for you,
    On the breezes of the sky,
    And you ask "What if I fall?"
    Oh but my darling,
    What if you fly?”
    ― Erin Hanson
    tags: freedom, inspiration, poetry
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    “I used to never get in a swimsuit. I used to feel so embarrassed about my skin and scars. I'm over that, it wasted too much of my time and I missed out on too much.”
    ― Stephanie Nielson
    tags: beauty, body-image, healthy, self-esteem
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    Brené Brown
    “Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.”
    ― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
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    Steve Maraboli
    “She is delightfully chaotic; a beautiful mess. Loving her is a splendid adventure.”
    ― Steve Maraboli
    tags: inspirational, love, loving, relationships
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    Fred Rogers
    “Some days, doing "the best we can" may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn't perfect on any front-and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.”
    ― Mister Rogers
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    Brené Brown
    “Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
    ― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
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    Brené Brown
    “We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.”
    ― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection
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    Tyler Knott Gregson
    “I would love to say
    that you
    make me
    weak in the knees
    but
    to be quite upfront
    and completely
    truthful
    you
    make my body
    forget
    it has knees
    at all.”
    ― Tyler Knott Gregson, Love Language
    tags: love, poetry
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    Steve Almond
    “Every now and then, I'll run into someone who claims not to like chocolate, and while we live in a country where everyone has the right to eat what they want, I want to say for the record that I don't trust these people, that I think something is wrong with them, and that they're probably - and this must be said - total duds in bed.”
    ― Steve Almond, Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
    tags: chocolate, food, people
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    Marilynne Robinson
    “I can't love you as much as I love you. I can't feel as happy as I am."..."Were you as sad as you were sad? As lonely as you were lonely? I wasn't." "Me neither. I would have died of it.”
    ― Marilynne Robinson, Lila
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    Marilynne Robinson
    “This is not to say that joy is a compensation for loss, but that each of them, joy and loss, exists in its own right and must be recognised for what it is... So joy can be joy and sorrow can be sorrow, with neither of them casting either light or shadow on the other.”
    ― Marilynne Robinson, Lila
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    Marilynne Robinson
    “It felt very good to have him walking beside her. Good like rest and quiet, like something you could live without but you needed anyway. That you had to learn how to miss, and then you'd never stop missing it.”
    ― Marilynne Robinson, Lila
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    Émile Zola
    “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
    ― Émile Zola
    tags: art, calling, life
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    Meister Eckhart
    “And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.”
    ― Meister Eckhart
    tags: beginnings
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    Saul Bass
    “I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.”
    ― Saul Bass
    tags: extrinsic-reinforcement, intrinsic-motivation
    56 likes

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    “I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability.”
    ― Tibor Kalman
    tags: design
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    Vincent van Gogh
    “I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
    ― Vincent van Gogh
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    Rosa Parks
    “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
    ― Rosa Parks
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  • #23
    Lewis Carroll
    “Am I mad?”

    “I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers! But I’ll tell you a secret… all of the best people are!”
    ― Lewis Carroll
    tags: aliceinwonderland
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    Hilary Mantel
    “Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.”
    ― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
    tags: book, books, fiction, read, reading, stories, story
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    I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
    “I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
    ― Sarah Williams
    tags: night, poetry
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    Margaret Mead
    “I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had.”
    ― Margaret Mead
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    Margaret Mead
    “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
    ― Margaret Mead
    tags: children, education, judgement, mentoring, reasoning
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    Margaret Mead
    “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
    ― Margaret Mead
    tags: activism, attributed-no-source, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world
    11481 likes

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    Margaret Mead
    “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”
    ― Margaret Mead
    tags: individuality, unique
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    Margaret Mead
    “Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals. ”
    ― Margaret Mead
    219 likes



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