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“Maybe I should let my life open, like a flower; maybe I should fly, like a lonely bird. I shouldn’t be blocked by a tree, and I shouldn’t be scared about losing one tree, instead of seeing a whole forest.”
― Xiaolu Guo, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

“I tell Eli I will take him out to eat at the diner. NO ANIMALS ALLOWED, the sign outside the restaurant reads. “But we are animals, right?” “Don’t be a stickler,” I tell him.”
― Jenny Offill, Weather

“For now, I do what I know keeps me just about level. Exercise definitely helps me, as does yoga and absorbing myself in something or someone I love, so I keep doing these things. I suppose, in the absence of universal certainties, we are our own best laboratory.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive