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“...moving, like chocolate and sunshine, stirs up many of the same chemicals you ostensibly produce when you're in love.”
― Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House
― Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House
“Hard work is important. So are play and nonproductivity. My worth is tied not to my productivity but to my existence. I am worthy of rest.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“You are not supposed to be happy all the time. Life hurts and it's hard. Not because you're doing it wrong, but because it hurts for everybody. Don't avoid the pain. You need it. It's meant for you. Be still with it, let it come, let it go, let it leave you with the fuel you'll burn to get your work done on this earth.”
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“The truth of course is that if people really were as happy as they look on the Internet, they wouldn’t spend so much damn time on the Internet, because no one who’s having a really good day spends half of it taking pictures of themselves. Anyone can nurture a myth about their life if they have enough manure, so if the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, that’s probably because it’s full of shit.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“When a woman finally learns that pleasing the world is impossible, she becomes free to learn how to please herself.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
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