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I realized that people possess all the spiritual treasures they need to live a life full of success and happiness.
“Did she still miss me sometimes like I missed her—missing that had no electricity, no lightning, or thunder, a missing like a hand digging into an empty chip bag searching for crumbs, any last salty bit, a missing more like mourning.”
― Pizza Girl
― Pizza Girl
“Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“I realized how avoidance was the most attention you could give something”
― Pizza Girl
― Pizza Girl
“Happiness is so hard to come by. I don't understand why anyone would begrudge anyone else for managing to find some of it.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“Because the world had decided that to be soft was to be weak, even though in Joan’s experience being soft and flexible was always more durable than being hard and brittle. Admitting you were afraid always took more guts than pretending you weren’t. Being willing to make a mistake got you further than never trying. The world had decided that to be fallible was weak. But we are all fallible. The strong ones are the ones who accept it.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
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