“I tried not to lose hope and remembered a popular mantra from my country: “Forward ever, backward never.”
― North to Paradise
― North to Paradise
“If at some point you don’t ask yourself, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ then you’re not doing it right.” Roland Gau”
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“Given all the hardship I’ve experienced, it would be easy to think that the world is full of bad people, but I prefer to think that most people are good. It’s just that the good people make less noise.”
― North to Paradise
― North to Paradise
“You attract the energy that you are".”
― Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
― Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“If you don’t know something exists, you can’t want it.”
― North to Paradise
― North to Paradise
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