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I Want to Matter: Your Life Is Too Short and Too Precious to Waste

by Kathie Lee Gifford

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Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible: Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God

by Liz Curtis Higgs (Goodreads Author)

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Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence

by Sarah Young (Goodreads Author)

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“I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

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“We would like to picture goodness as being synonymous with safety.”
― John Eldredge, The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God

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“I was entering. I was leaving. California streamed behind me like a long silk veil. I didn't feel like a big fat idiot anymore. And I didn't feel like a hard-ass motherfucking Amazonian queen. I felt fierce and humble and gathered up inside, like I was safe in this world too.”
― Cherly Strayed

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“Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

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“To survive, you must develop secondary emotions that function in a strategic balance with reason.”
― Laurence Gonzales, Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

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