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Mariana

by Susanna Kearsley (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 08, 2012 05:56PM

“I tell people not to be afraid of their fears; because their fears are not there to scare them, they're there to let them know that something is worth it. Yet I am often afraid. I guess that means in my life, lots of things have been worth it!”
― C. JoyBell C.

tags: bravery, courage, fear, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, life, living

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“God didn’t give fear a body. God gave love a body.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

tags: fear, god, inspirational, life, love, motivational

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: paraphrased, strength

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“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
― Toni Morrison, The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 1993

tags: story, writing

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“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
― J.K. Rowling

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