“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
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“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“You can't cure trauma when violence is ongoing, so the primary effort must be working for peace. You can't negotiate a lasting peace without bringing women into the effort, but women can't become peacemakers without releasing the pain that keeps them from feeling their own strength.”
― Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
― Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
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