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“She was sent to sleep under a velvety cloak of words, richly patterned and stitched with gold, straight out of a fairy tale, while they went reading on into her dreams.”
― The Optimist's Daughter
― The Optimist's Daughter
“We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.”
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“I go to Ireland. Walk along an empty beach. When I do, I think of all the people who have walked there before, and will walk there again. Then it occurs to me nothing is forever. No matter how bad or how good, everything passes and moves on to another level.”
― Captivated
― Captivated

“The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”
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