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Sometimes we fall in love (whether it be platonic or romantic) with people’s past selves. And we hold on to those memories and old personalities that they’ve grown out of in hopes that they’ll return to their past ways. But most of the time, they don’t. And that’s just how life goes. Because, really, it’s cruel for us to keep a person from growing, even if it’s not in the direction we want them to go.

a.k.

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Art takes time— Monet grew his gardens before he painted them.

Atticus

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The moment you change your perception is the moment you rewrite the chemistry of your body.

Dr. Bruce Lipton

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The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it's here is up to us. Journey wisely.

Unknown

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my mind is a cruel thing I forget the things I try hard to remember and I remember (all too well) the things I try hard to forget.

r.g.

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she wasn't looking for a knight she was looking for a sword

Atticus

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You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.

Paul Sweeney

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Some things, once you've loved them, become yours forever. And if you try to let them go, they only circle back and return to you. They become part of who you are...or they destroy you.

Kill Your Darlings

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I still may not know what I want to be when I grow up but I do know that I want to live at home filled with books & travel souvenirs. And the walls that aren't covered in bookshelves will be covered with photos of my family & friends. When I leave home I will be going to a job I love, and I'll return to a person I love. So that is the dream I am working on.

Unknown

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'Do you remember me telling you we are practicing nonverbal spells, Potter?' 'Yes,' said Harry stiffly. 'Yes, sir.' 'There's no need to call me "sir," Professor.'

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.

The Book Thief

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Sometimes, you just need a break. In a beautiful place. Alone. To figure everything out.

Unknown

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The teardrops run down, And fall off her nose, She cries in dark corners, Where nobody goes, You can follow the tracks, From her eyes to her chin, Years upon years, Of letting them win, And her eyes tell a story, Of anger and pain, You think that she's happy, But just look again, And the scars of her past, Hidden under her clothes, Are a roadmap to places, That nobody knows, Her smile is now painted, She's a master of disguise, And you can see it all, Just look into her eyes.

Erin Hanson

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People who are unable to abandon anything will likely fail to produce any change.

Armin Arlert

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Live the bookish life. There is nothing to lose but boredom and nothing to fear except paper cuts.

Lemony Snicket

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A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something else in return. But once you have recovered it and made it your own... You will gain an irreplaceable Fullmetal heart.

Edward Elric

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Strange how we decorate pain.

Margaret Atwood