The Boy with the Broken Halo

"Jean Valjean had this peculiarity, that he might be said to carry two knapsacks; in one he had the thoughts of a saint, in the other the formidable talents of a convict. He helped himself from one or the other as occasion required."

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“We are survivors, of each other. We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat. That counts for something.”

— Margaret Atwood

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And then my soul saw you and it kind of went, "Oh, there you are. I've been looking for you.”

— Iain Thomas

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“Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free.”

— Bird on the Wire Leonard Cohen

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“All is in a man’s hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that’s an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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“I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.”

— Jewish Proverb

[thequotejournals]

“Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies

[theunquotables]

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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““So, have we solved the secret of happiness? “I believe so,” he said Are you going to tell me? “Yes. Ready?” Ready. “Be satisfied.” That’s it? “Be grateful.” That’s it? “For what you have.For the love you receive. And for what has been given to you.” That’s it? He looked me in the eye. Then he sighed deeply. “That’s it.”

— Mitch Albom

[forgottengenres]

““I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.””

— Lewis Carroll

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“I’m sure those are not the right words…”

— Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (via books-n-quotes)

[penguinrandomhouse]

“Find out what makes you kinder, what opens you up and brings out the most loving, generous, and unafraid version of you―and go after those things as if nothing else matters. Because, actually, nothing does.”

— George Saunders

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“Sometimes it is a pretty poor showing and sometimes it’s fantastic, so it goes. Sometimes awful things happen to innocent people, so it goes. Sometimes the most beautiful things happen to awful people, so it goes. Sometimes everything works out just the way we want it to, so it goes.”

— Kurt Vonnegut (via cereal-chiller)

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“What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering and I responded… sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.”

— George Saunders, Congratulations, by the way

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“A man rides by me on a bicycle. As he passes, I see there is a little boy of about four or five standing straight up on a small platform right behind him, holding onto Dad’s big body and grinning. Neither of them wear helmets. The kid is ecstatic. But that old protective father instinct in me thinks what the hell is the man doing? If he turns too hard or brakes suddenly, his son will fly off into ten kinds of disaster. But the kid is so obviously happy to be there. But it’s so dangerous. But… Sometimes joy and danger ride so close together that you can’t tell them apart.”

— Jonathan Carroll (via browndresswithwhitedots)

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Micheal k. Williams QUESTION YOUR ANSWERS

[lazyyogi]

“Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don’t expect it to be easy or even noticed.”

— Adyashanti

[movies-and-books-quotes]

“Now, think of the happiest things. It’s the same as having wings.”

- Peter Pan (1953)