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Marnie Ward

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Marnie’s Quotes

“The pain will always be in you — but you will not always be in pain.”
― Abby Norman

tags: adoption, alone, anxiety, depressed, depression, foster-care, foster-kids, loneliness, lonely, loss, mental-illness, pain, sad, sadness, suffering, suicide

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“No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me.”
― Sara Raasch, Snow Like Ashes

tags: feminism, individuality

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“When trying to get people to change familiar ways of doing things, social pressures and constraints exerted by the informal peer group represent the most potent restraining force that must be overcome and, at the same time, the most powerful inducing force that can be exploited to achieve success.”
― Lee Ross, The Person and the Situation

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“Sometimes stepping away from what you desire the most, is the best action to take: because it gives the process the momentum to take its own course.”
― Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

tags: actions, inspirational-quotes, patience-and-love

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“To take that second chance, we need to notice where we are and be open to the possibility of growing.”
― Holly Elissa Bruno, The Comfort of Little Things: An Educator's Guide to Second Chances

tags: awareness, living-in-the-present, second-chances

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Christmas Book Santa — 71 members — last activity Nov 24, 2018 05:59AM
Closed for sign-ups! (check the Guidelines to find out how!) It's always fun to receive books for Christmas! Background In November and ...more

For Love of a Book — 6485 members — last activity 18 minutes ago
This group was created to connect lovers of stories across the internet with their characters and plotlines, dreams and recommendations. Bibliophiles ...more

Mocha Girls Read — 7023 members — last activity Feb 14, 2026 09:29AM
We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more