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“But every day we meet someone whose behavior suddenly changes from one moment to the next. And we wonder: what happened to this person I thought I knew? Why is he acting so aggressively? Is it stress at work?
And then the next day the person is normal again. You're relieved, but soon after the rug is pulled out from under you when you least expect it. And this time, instead of asking what's wrong with this person, you wonder what you did wrong.”
― Paulo Coelho, Adultery

“In the changing weather of life, rather than drift with the currents or be cast about in storms, be the wind at your own back.”
― Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

“In the oddity or maybe the miracle of life, the roots of something new frequently lie in the decaying husks of something old.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Maybe it was all right to let things be broken for awhile.”
― Elana K. Arnold, Burning