“Rise up and lift your sword, peaceful warrior. Keep it strong and steady. You've already lived and fought a thousand battles, and you're not here—again—to cower in fear and pain.”
― Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass
― Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass
“They were lying on a bed of soft moss at the edge of The Crooked Forest. He could hear waves crashing along the shore. She was sprawled out in a robe of silver, her hair spread beneath her like a tide pool.”
― How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
― How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
“Wind is the most skilled hairdresser! Find a windy weather and let your hair be shaped creatively!”
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“You cannot mourn the life
you haven't live yet,
only one that has already gone.
You will never know the meadows
you could grow, if you are fixated
on the ashes of a garden you never had.”
― Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light
you haven't live yet,
only one that has already gone.
You will never know the meadows
you could grow, if you are fixated
on the ashes of a garden you never had.”
― Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light
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