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CharleighBates
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The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.
“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”
― Wonder
― Wonder
“Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.”
― Wonder
― Wonder
“All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
“. . .only the victims and survivors can truly comprehend the awfulness of that time and place; the rest of us live on the other side of the fence, staring through from our own comfortable place, trying in our own clumsy ways to make sense of it all.”
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
― The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
― Wonder
― Wonder
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The Whimsical Wanderers
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"The World Is a Book and Those Who Do Not Travel Read Only One Page" The Whimsical Wanderers is a place where we all get lost into a world filled wi ...more
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