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“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“To be rejected by someone doesn't mean you should also reject yourself or that you should think of yourself as a lesser person. It doesn't mean that nobody will ever love you anymore. Remember that only ONE person has rejected you at the moment, and it only hurt so much because to you, that person's opinion symbolized the opinion of the whole world, of God.”
― Mend My Broken Heart
― Mend My Broken Heart
“Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense,
But good men starve for want of impudence.”
― The Poetical Works of John Dryden
But good men starve for want of impudence.”
― The Poetical Works of John Dryden
“She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start avoiding you because, they, too, have knees that pain them and heads that hurt and they don't want to know about yours. But think of it this way: If people avoid you, you will have more time to meditate and do fine research on a cure for whatever truly afflicts you.”
― Letter to My Daughter
― Letter to My Daughter
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