“I guess I would say: above anything else, stay true to yourself. Whether that means for you that you like to have blue hair, or you don’t like to drink, or you are attracted to the same sex, or you want to remove yourself from Facebook, or you’ve got 3 different kids from 3 different dads but you know you’re a really good mom, or you cry for a week because your turtle died. Whatever your truth is, stay true to yourself. But be a good person while you’re at it.”
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“My lesson here was you do not give up. You hold yourself accountable. You stay grateful. You hold on tight to your friends.”
― Wildflower
― Wildflower
“It's ironic that we rush through being "single" as if it's some disease or malady to get rid of or overcome. The truth is, most likely, one day you will meet someone and it will be gone. And once it's gone, it's really gone! Why does no one tell us how important it is to enjoy being single and being by yourself? That time is defining and amazing and nothing to "sure". It is being alone that will actually set you up the best for being with someone else.”
― Wildflower
― Wildflower
“On the road to any great achievement are a thousand missteps, a thousand more dead ends. Success cannot be born without the life and death of failure.”
― Every Note Played
― Every Note Played
“Jazz improvisation is a speech without a script. It’s twelve notes and doing anything she pleases. There are no rules, no boundaries. Verbs don’t have to follow nouns. There is no gravity. Up can be down.”
― Every Note Played
― Every Note Played
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