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My mother laughs, and I think about how there was no going back after I took over caring for the family when I was eleven.
“It's better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to timidly avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit. Responsibility means recognizing both pleasure and price, action and consequence, then making a choice.”
― Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
― Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
“People change two ways --- with slow persistent pressure, or with a single and sudden traumatic experience.”
― Touching Spirit Bear
― Touching Spirit Bear
“He doesn’t understand yet that guilt comes to you not from the things you’ve done, but from the things that others have done to you.”
― Alias Grace
― Alias Grace
“Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it.”
― Touching Spirit Bear
― Touching Spirit Bear
“Animals can teach us more about ourselves than any teacher.”
― Touching Spirit Bear
― Touching Spirit Bear
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