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“When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“choose less and feel better.”
― Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

“I am not a fool, you know, although I am a woman, and have my woman’s moments.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

“anyone who’s ever lost a parent, child, lover, spouse, or close friend, knows that grief is one of the most powerful emotional forces there is—powerful enough to shatter the self we’ve carefully constructed.”
― Miriam Greenspan, Healing through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair