Javier Thackeray

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“I am grateful for everything and every day, and that is no longer just words I feed myself from Post-it notes stuck to my mirror as positive affirmations.”
― Lynda Wolters, Voices of Cancer: What We Really Want, What We Really Need

tags: cancer-patients, challenging, help, illness, patients, struggle, treatment, true-stories, truth, wellness

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“Dios me había dado su amor en la forma de un pequeño milagro.”
― Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

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“You must learn what to fear and what not to fear.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel

tags: fear

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“In this life,” he went on, “you got to see what is, as you might say, and then face up to what you wish there wasn’t.”
― Mary Norton, The Borrowers Afield

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“Je le sais désormais, en tant que lecteur, il faut faire confiance à l'auteur, au poète. Ils savent comment s'y prendre pour nous extirper de notre vie ordinaire et nous envoyer tanguer dans un autre monde dont nous n'avions même pas soupçonné l'existence. C'est ce que font les auteurs de talent. C'est ce que me fit M. Baudelaire.”
― Tatiana de Rosnay, The House I Loved

tags: readers-and-writers

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