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“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Words are effective not because of what they carry in them, but for their latent potential to unlock the accumulated experience of the reader. Words "contain" meanings, but, more important, words potentiate meaning...”
― What We See When We Read
― What We See When We Read
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Because we cannot see the roads we have not taken, we become, by defaults, advocates for the path our life is on.”
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― Urban Tribes: Are Friends the New Family?
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