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“You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Dragonfly Pool

tags: inspirational, mourning, sorrow

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“If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us...then there wouldn't be so much fuss about love in the first place.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

tags: love, wisdom

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“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
― Frederick Douglass

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“Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.”
― Eva Ibbotson, A Company of Swans

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“Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame”
― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto

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