“Sixty-five percent of people,” said Calvin, “are less than twenty feet from a trail when they first begin to feel disoriented.” Tracy listened, fascinated. She imagined the pull of the woods, the cool, shadowy smell of them, the velvet of
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“Self-confidence is the belief in your abilities as a person. Self-worth is the belief in your value as a person.”
― Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life
― Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life
“It feels like leaping into the frigid ocean all over again: a little bit crazy, but oddly refreshing at the same time.”
― Home Run Heart
― Home Run Heart
“...without grief, love would be meaningless. Because it is impossible to truly love something that cannot be lost.”
― The Strength of the Few
― The Strength of the Few
“The needs of the many will always be loud.” He leans forward. Hooked nose inches from mine. “But in the end, it is only the strength of the few that matters.”
― The Strength of the Few
― The Strength of the Few
“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone. She said it at her own mother’s funeral rites, tears in her eyes even as she tried to comfort a boy too young to understand why he was so sad, why his grandmother couldn’t be there anymore. She explained through choking sobs that without grief, love would be meaningless. Because it is impossible to truly love something that cannot be lost.”
― The Strength of the Few
― The Strength of the Few
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