Nothing Is As Simple As It Seems

I make the simplest things so complicated by overthinking everything! Welcome to my thoughts...Enjoy!!

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“When hatred and fear polluted the minds of leaders, no one had to be proven guilty to lose their innocence. “

Briar

Abandoned Bonds

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“…it’s okay to want and enjoy the support you don’t need.”

Asher

Abandoned Bonds

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“Tears keep the sadness from drowning you inside.” 

- Briar

Abandoned Bonds

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“Wrong looks like right, when those you love pursue it.”

- Kogsi

Shadowborne: Reckoning

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“Forgiveness does not excuse the offense, it only rejects the poison it feeds into you.”

- Kogsi

Shadowborne: Reckoning

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“You made me feel like the parts of me that aren’t useful still deserve to exist. Like I’m not just all the things I can do.”

Excerpt From

Alchemised

SenLinYu

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“There will always be someone who can’t see your worth. That’s a fact of life. Don’t let that someone be you.”

- Kingdom of Tomorrow

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“You cannot give your all to someone if you aren’t doing the same for yourself”

- conversation between Stacey and her therapist

(Restitution)

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“Cuando la carga es dividida, es más fácil llevar”

- Boda de Ashley y Carlos

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“Your children will always be looking for you in the crowd. And if they stop looking, it’s not because they don’t care - it’s because you let them down.”

Julielileejulie

(Instagram)

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“You never notice what’s keeping you balanced until you realize you’re not standing straight anymore.”

- Auren

(Glow by Raven Kennedy)

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“Sometimes, Ms. Lane,” he said, “one must break with one’s past to embrace one’s future. It is never an easy thing to do. It is one of the distinguishing characteristics between survivors and victims. Letting go of what was, to survive what is.”

- Jerrico Barrons

(Darkfever)

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“The power of a leader isn’t always in the orders he gives, but often in the ones he doesn’t have to issue. Because when a leader is loved, truly loved, he holds the heart of the people in his hands. A weapon no king can afford to ignore.”

- Lark

(Court of Secrets and Flames)

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“Refusing to accept something doesn’t make it false..”

- Tessa

(Storm of Secrets and Sorrow)

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“The purpose behind the choice doesn’t change the outcome”

- Tessa

(Storm of Secrets and Sorrow)

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“Why did we never realize how perfect a moment was until we were no longer living it?”

- Maxine

(Protector Guild - Book 3)

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“Strong women will always bear the dangerous burden of a weaker man’s pride”

- Lady Van Croix

(Nightshade)