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Next, recall those who forcefully and dramatically beat themselves up after a mistake can control others from getting upset with them, as they don’t want to add criticism, can’t get a word in if they tried in the storm of self-hatred, or
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This is an example of some of the very confusingly written passages in this book! A few punctuation marks or sentence divisions - some basic editing - coukd really make a difference in legibility.
“Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.”
― Briar Rose
― Briar Rose
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
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“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.”
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“Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.”
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“A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.”
― Silverthorn
― Silverthorn
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