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Basil

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Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches, #2)

by Terry Pratchett

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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

by Joe Abercrombie

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Basil’s Quotes

“Forgiving yourself can prove as difficult as licking a scab off your elbow.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

tags: forgive, forgiveness, forgiveness-quotes, forgiving-yourself, repentance, repentance-quotes, repentant, richelle, richelle-e-goodrich, richelle-goodrich, self-doubt, self-esteem, self-love

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“Your opponent's wrong doesn't automatically make you right. Most fights aren't about who's right; they are contention over degrees of wrongness.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

tags: argument, contention, fight, fighting, richelle, richelle-e-goodrich, richelle-goodrich, right, right-and-wrong, squabbling, wrong, wrongdoing

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“If there are fish that would swim or birds that would fly only after investigating the entire ocean or sky, they would find neither path nor place.”
― Dōgen

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“Forgiveness is really about absolution: to set free. But if you look carefully at the dynamic, the one you’re setting free is yourself.”
― Darrell Calkins

tags: absolution, appreciation, buddhism, cobaltsaffron, creativity, darrell-calkins, darrellcalkins, forgiveness, freedom, inspiration, intimacy, love-of-life, personal-skills-development, self-forgiveness

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“When you have an invisible disease, your sickness isn’t your biggest problem. What you end up battling more than anything else, every single day, is other people.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Carry the Ocean

tags: depression, invisible-illness

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