“Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?”
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“Yes, I understand why things had to happen this way. I understand his reason for causing me pain. But mere understanding does not chase away the hurt. It does not call upon the sun when dark clouds have loomed over me. Let the rain come then if it must come! And let it wash away the dust that hurt my eyes!”
― Mend My Broken Heart
― Mend My Broken Heart
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
― A Tour Round My Garden
― A Tour Round My Garden
“Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty.
I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.”
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I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.”
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“I hurt myself deeply, though at the time I had no idea how deeply. I should have learned many things from that experience, but when I look back on it, all I gained was one single, undeniable fact. That ultimately I am a person who can do evil. I never consciously tried to hurt anyone, yet good intentions notwithstanding, when necessity demanded, I could become completely self-centred, even cruel. I was the kind of person who could, using some plausible excuse, inflict on a person I cared for a wound that would never heal.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
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