Quotes, Poetry and Writings

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I don’t hold on to anything anymore. Pain comes at me and I take it, chew it for a few minutes, and spit it back out. It’s just not my thing anymore.

Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

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You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.

Alison McGhee, All Rivers Flow To The Sea

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A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.

Madonna Ciccone

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See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.

Unknown

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There is a whole life in an hour of love.

Honoré de Balzac

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When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside.

Rumi

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It's never too late to start over. If you weren't happy with yesterday, try something different today. Don't stay stuck. Do better.

Andy Wootea

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The truth is, some relationships are supposed to last forever, and some are only supposed to last a few days. That’s the way life is.

Sophie Kinsella, Can You Keep a Secret?

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There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

Aldous Huxley, Time Must Have a Stop

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Tell me what you think about when you can’t fall asleep at night.

Unknown

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Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

Mary Oliver

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We all eat lies when our hearts are hungry.

Unknown

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Feeling alone has nothing to do with how many people there are around you.

Unknown

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Some people there’s no getting over.

Lisa Kleypas, Sugar Daddy

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Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.

James Hillman

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You know you are doing well when you lose the interest of looking back.

Unknown

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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde