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Aliah Wilkinson

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Aliah’s Quotes

“The fates weren't dangerous because they were evil; the fates were dangerous because they couldn't tell the difference between evil and good.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

tags: good-and-evil, good-vs-evil, ouabh

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“It’s easy to imagine letting go when we forget that choices are luxuries, allowing us to maintain our illusion of control. But until those choices are plucked from our hands—someone dies, someone leaves, something breaks—we are only playing at surrender.”
― Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human:

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“Our lives are not problems to be solved. We can have meaning and beauty and love, but nothing even close to resolution.”
― Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

tags: beauty, life, love

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“The great triumph of the "best life now" paradigm was that it summarized the promises of an entire American wellness industry: everything is possible if you only believe. You can find this confident message everywhere from megachurches to Burning Man. It's expressed in the advertising around Peloton bikes and deluxe yoga retreats. Good vibes are big business.”
― Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

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“But no matter how carefully we schedule our days, master our emotions, and try to wring our best life now from our better selves, we cannot solve the problem of finitude. We will always want more. We need more. We are carrying the weight of caregiving and addiction, chronic pain and uncertain diagnosis, struggling teenagers and kids with learning disabilities, mental illness and abusive relationships.”
― Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

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