“Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”
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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“The will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth… Love is as love does. Love is an act of will-namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.”
― Kitchen
― Kitchen
“Sweet mother, I cannot weave –
slender Aphrodite has overcome me
with longing for a girl.”
― Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works
slender Aphrodite has overcome me
with longing for a girl.”
― Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works
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