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What others call you, you become. It’s a terrible magic that everyone can do — so do it. Call yourself what you wish to become.

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So much light, sweet girl, begins in the dark.

[jassylaya]

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

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But for what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.

[jassylaya]

And, my dear, some words of advice. Courage. Hope. Sacrifice.

[jassylaya]

Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.

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There is much that we must learn to live without, these days.

[jassylaya]

It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone.

[jassylaya]

If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?

[jassylaya]

Like it or not, there are times when you need to be alone; times when you need to be lonely; times when you need to need other people.

[jassylaya]

The world was changing and I, whatever I was, was changing with it.

[jassylaya]

One can learn from a glance at a person’s library, not what they are, but what they wish to be.

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Everyone else in the world is sorry. Dare to be something more than that.

[jassylaya]

Living too much in one’s imagination may be detrimental to one’s health.

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Such things happen even though we try to pretend they do not.

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I love books where it's always raining. So much like real life.

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Whenever I'm with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.