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“The truth was, he now belonged only to my past, and it was time I begin to accept it, as much as it hurt to do so.”
― Tammara Webber, Easy

tags: hurt, letting-go, love

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“One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.”
― Mike Norton, Just Another War Story

tags: addiction, die, dig, digging, escape, evil, foolishness, fortification, giving, good, help, helping, helping-hand, hurt, kindness, man, pain, recovery, sacrifice, seflessness, self-destruction, selfish, selfishness, thanksgiving

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#3

“Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can break hearts.”
― Tim Minchin

tags: comedy, humor, hurt, love

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#4

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
― George Carlin

tags: humor, insanity, lies, lying, self-indulgence, truth

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#5

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

tags: lies, love, respect, self-deception, truth

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#6

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
― George Washington

tags: confession, excuses, honesty, lies, lying, truth

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#7

“We're going to have to let truth scream louder to our souls than the lies that have infected us.”
― Beth Moore, So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us

tags: insecurity, lies

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#8

“Lying is done with words, and also with silence.”
― Adrienne Rich, Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying

tags: dishonesty, lies, silence, words

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#9

“A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.”
― Mark Twain

tags: lies

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#10

“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.”
― Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina

tags: lies, lying, truth

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#11

“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

tags: lies, secrets

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#12

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
― Desmond Tutu (Foreword)

tags: bullying, dissent, moral-courage, protest

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#13

“Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: bullying, moral-courage

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#14

“Life is a ﬁght, but not everyone’s a ﬁghter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.”
― Andrew Vachss, Terminal

tags: bullies, bullying

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#15

“Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It's a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.”
― Zack W. Van

tags: adversity, bullying, strength, truthful, weakness

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#16

“The common mistake that bullies make is assuming that because someone is nice that he or she is weak. Those traits have nothing to do with each other. In fact, it takes considerable strength and character to be a good person.”
― Mary Elizabeth Williams

tags: blog, bullying, kindness, strength-of-character

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#17

“People try to say suicide is the most cowardly act a man could ever commit. I don't think that's true at all. What's cowardly is treating a man so badly that he wants to commit suicide.”
― Tommy Tran

tags: bullying, depression, mean-people, suicide

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#18

“For in today’s generation of teenagers finding acceptance is hard, especially for those who dare to be different-then it’s impossible.”
― Rebecah McManus, Colliding Worlds

tags: be-yourself, bullying, different, school, teenagers

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#19

“If you see someone being bullied, make it stop. Why is that so hard for us to do?”
― Susane Colasanti, Keep Holding On

tags: bullying

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#20

“In this life, when you deny someone an apology,
you will remember it at time you beg forgiveness.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

tags: apology, forgiveness, life-lesson, payback, remember

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#21

“Here too it’s masquerade, I find:
As everywhere, the dance of mind.
I grasped a lovely masked procession,
And caught things from a horror show…
I’d gladly settle for a false impression,
If it would last a little longer, though.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

tags: comfort, fake, false, illusion, impression, mask

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#22

“She was plain and far from skinny or petite. As for parties...she'd rather be alone in a corner somewhere reading. She hated being nice to people she didn't like because her father wanted contributions. She hated being fake. All she wanted was to be herself.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Unleash the Night

tags: fake, reading

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#23

“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

tags: faith, life, pixie-dust, trust

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#24

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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#25

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

tags: advice-for-daily-living, books, reader, reading, speaking, thinking, wisdom

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#26

“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: oprah-s-thank-you-game, people

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#27

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
― Maya Angelou

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#28

“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: truth

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#29

“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!”
― Maya Angelou

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#30

“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: anger, bitterness, rage

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