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“Was that what love looked like? Putting yourself second, supporting your partner without reservations, suffering through tough times side by side, working on yourself, celebrating everything you had in common while giving your partner the freedom to retain their idiosyncrasies?”
Noa C. Walker, You, Me, and the Colors of Life

Yaa Gyasi
“When the answer to this question is “Because God deemed it so,” we might feel comforted. But what if the answer to this question is “I don’t know,” or worse still, “Nothing”?”
Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

Kristin Hannah
“wasn’t the fear that mattered in life. It was the choices made when you were afraid. You were brave because of your fear, not in spite of it.”
Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

Andy Puddicombe
“Often in life we get so caught up in the analysis, the dissection of every possible outcome, that we miss an opportunity altogether.”
Andy Puddicombe, Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day

Atul Gawande
“how we seek to spend our time may depend on how much time we perceive ourselves to have.”
Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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