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Walden
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
“I was doing the wrong of never wanting or trying to better. And now I see that I have been letting things go as the would for a long time. Whatever came into my head I did and whatever didn’t come into my head I didn’t do.”
― The Princess and Curdie
― The Princess and Curdie
“I’m not who that guy says I am. I’m not who that girl says I am. I’m not who social media likes and comments say I am. I’m not who the grades, to-do lists, messes, and mess ups say I am. I’m not who the scale says I am or the sum total of what my flaws say I am. I’m going to stop flirting with the unstable things of this world so I can fall completely in love with You. I am loved. I am held. I am Yours. I am forever Yours.” The more intimacy like this that I have with God, the more secure my true identity is.”
― Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
― Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
“I suppose one oughtn’t to marry anybody, unless one’s prepared to make him a full-time job.”
“Probably not; though there are a few rare people, I believe, who don’t look on themselves as jobs but as fellow creatures.”
― Gaudy Night
“Probably not; though there are a few rare people, I believe, who don’t look on themselves as jobs but as fellow creatures.”
― Gaudy Night
“Margin is having the pace and space in your day to allow real life to happen. Too many of us run at a pace that is not only unhealthy physically but damaging relationally. We go-go-go, telling ourselves there are just not enough hours in the day, when we really need to be slowing down and enjoying the journey just as much as we anticipate enjoying the destination when we arrive.”
― No More Perfect Moms: Learn to Love Your Real Life
― No More Perfect Moms: Learn to Love Your Real Life
“Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”
― Gaudy Night
― Gaudy Night
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