“Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You...Be Free...Share.”
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I once had a dreams of becoming a beautiful poet, but upon an unfortunate series of events some of those dreams dashed and divided like a million stars in the night sky that I wished on over and over again, sparkling and broken.
But I didn't really mind, because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted, and then losing it to know what true freedom is.”
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But I didn't really mind, because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted, and then losing it to know what true freedom is.”
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“Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didn’t expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is unique and special, that those included in it are privileged and those excluded from it are missing out.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“You’ll meet someone soon. No one knows what’s round the corner.”
How many corners, because I feel like I’ve turned them all. I meet people all the time. It never works out. I don’t know why.”
― The Godmother
How many corners, because I feel like I’ve turned them all. I meet people all the time. It never works out. I don’t know why.”
― The Godmother
“you might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets.”
― Magic Bleeds
― Magic Bleeds
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