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Tania

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Little Spark

by Jess Kidd (Goodreads Author)

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Dead Man's Sins (Dublin Trilogy publication order, #5; Dublin Trilogy chronological order, #2)

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Tania’s Quotes

“There is no hierarchy of suffering. There's nothing that makes my pain worse or better than yours.”
― Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible

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“is a choice. No matter how frustrating or boring or constraining or painful or oppressive our experience, we can always choose how we respond.”
― Edith Eger, The Choice

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“It’s our responsibility to act in service of our authentic selves. Sometimes this means giving up the need to please others, giving up our need for others’ approval.”
― Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible

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“But from this moment on, I understood that feelings, no matter how powerful, aren’t fatal. And they are temporary.”
― Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible

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“Perfectionism is the belief that something is broken - you. So you dress up your brokenness with degrees, achievements, accolades, pieces of paper, none of which can fix what you think you are fixing.”
― Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible

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