Ann

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“Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.”
― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

tags: buddhism, healing, new-beginnings, spirituality, unknown

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“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: seuss

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“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
― Mark Twain

tags: starting, working

2237 likes

“Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings”
― David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

tags: discretion, tact

663 likes

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, writing

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