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“Her own misery filled her heart—there was no room in it for other people's sorrow.”
― George Eliot, Adam Bede

tags: compassion, perspective, self-pity

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“Wallace would not have been as successful as he was without Ali’s support.”
― Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

tags: 19th-century, conversations, history, imagined, innovative, knowledge, recognition, slippery-truth, touching, writing

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“Tis an old maxim in the schools that flattery is the food of fools. Yet now and then your men of wit will condescend to take a bit.”
― Jonathan Swift

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“#metooasachild”
― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

tags: metooasachild

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“What is it we are questing for? It is the fulfillment of that which is potential in each of us. Questing for it is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself. There is nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way you will find, live, become a realization of your own personal myth.”
― Joseph Campbell, Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation

tags: fulfillment, life, quests, self, self-fulfillment, self-improvement

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