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“If one has known poverty and suffering – not that genteel poverty of slender purse and shabby carpets – but the brutal poverty where the larder is oft-times empty, and where the frost lines the wall of one’s humble dwelling; then indeed it would seem that only love alone keeps the blood from congealing, then it is not so hard to understand the courage and endurance of the pioneer.”
― Laura Goodman Salverson

tags: courage, endurance, pioneer, poverty, suffering

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“My unhappiness is at best inane when compared to the ruins and dust that lie outside my window.”
― Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Hotel Silence

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“I can’t read books anymore,” I hear him say. “When I was a boy I read a lot, but then I stopped with the war.” He hesitates again. “It takes only one sentence to blow up a village. Two sentences to destroy the world.”
― Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Hotel Silence

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“It is as natural to the Icelandic heart to turn to poetry in times of stress as for another to search his Bible.”
― Laura Goodman Salverson, The viking heart

tags: bible, iceland, poetry

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“The people we surround ourselves with either raise or lower our standards. They either help us to become the best version of ourselves or encourage us to become lesser versions of ourselves. We become like our friends. No man becomes great on his own. No woman becomes great on her own. The people around them help to make them great.

We all need people in our lives who raise our standards, remind us of our essential purpose, and challenge us to become the best version of ourselves.”
― Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose

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