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“Take the pain and grow beauty...You know I've always loved volcanoes. I love how they spew searing, deadly lava that goes on to nurture the most beautiful landscapes on earth. It's from searing pain that the deepest beauty can sprout”
― Carrie Firestone, The Loose Ends List

tags: beauty-of-life, inspirational, loss-of-family, loss-of-love, pain

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“The Steller Magic recognized the potential in you...that doesn't happen to just anyone. It happens to Guardians.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Mirrorverse: Pure of Heart

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“Of course not. We're not fools for wanting love, only for lying to ourselves about whether we've found it.”
― Alexia Casale, The Best Way to Bury Your Husband

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“I think the universe has a really funny way of giving us what we want, not when we want it, but when we're ready to receive it.”
― Drew Afualo, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

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“You need to accept that whenever you embark on something new, failure is going to be a big part of your experience. If you let it derail you, you're going to be stuck exactly where you are for a long time...And if all this seems like rather fucking obvious advice from an out-of-touch celebrity, well, what exactly did you think you were going to get when you bought this book?”
― Stephen "Steve-O" Glover, A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions

tags: humor, inspirational

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