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“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
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“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big laboratory is needed in which to think. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born. That is why many of the earthly miracles have had their genesis in humble surroundings."
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
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