Jason Young

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Jason’s Quotes

“He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.”
― Leo Tolstoy

tags: closeness, love, soul-mate

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“If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.”
― Brené Brown

tags: anxiety, authenticity, depression, mental-illness

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“I thought of my new uncertainty: How long can I live with ALS?
I thought: "Don't search for answers. Live the question."
Enjoy life more because of the uncertainty, not less.”
― Susan Spencer-Wendel

tags: als, inspirational, lou-gehrig

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“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
― Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata

tags: beauty, delusion, goodness, lies, self-deception, wisdom

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“Many people mess up every new day with what happened yesterday. They insist on bringing into today the failures of yesterday, and in so doing pollute a potentially wonderful day. When bitterness, resentment, and revenge are allowed to live in the human heart, words of affirmation will be impossible to speak. The best thing we can do with past failures is to let them be history.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages: Singles Edition

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