“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.”
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“After you get stung, you can't get unstung
no matter how much you whine about it.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
no matter how much you whine about it.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
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