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• Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley. But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us

  A.J. Cronin

  Life, Faith, Religious

  "Knight's Treasury of Illustrations". Book by Walter B. Knight, p. 149, 1956.

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• It is true, of course, that there is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time. You might know someone for several years, for instance, and trust him completely as your friend, but circumstances could change and he could become very hungry, and before you knew it you could be boiling in a soup pot, because there is no way of knowing for sure.

  Daniel Handler

  Change, Trust, Simple

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• You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Forgiveness, Believe, Stories

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.195, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Love, Forgiveness, Kindness

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.108, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Life, Lonely, Loneliness

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• I love teaching. It's a job that lasts forever. Whatever you teach children today travels with them far into the future.

  Mary Pope Osborne

  Education, Jobs, Children

  Twitter post from Oct 05, 2016

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• But just because you’re strong and resilient doesn’t mean you never need someone to be there for you, to take care of you.

  Tammara Webber

  Friends, Being Strong, Mean

  Tammara Webber (2011). “Good For You”, p.283, Tammara Webber

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  Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

  Neil Gaiman

  Inspirational, Graduation, Mistake

  Neil Gaiman's Commencement Address at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, www.uarts.edu. May 17, 2012.

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• Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

  Mitch Albom

  Bible, Jesus, Future

  Mitch Albom (2011). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, p.148, Hachette UK

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• We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine, at least, completely, who and what, and that we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.

  N. Scott Momaday

  Native American, Destiny, Imagination

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• Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

  Iris Murdoch

  Inspirational, Responsibility, Sea

  Iris Murdoch (2001). “The Bell”, p.139, Penguin

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• Perhaps it's because it's incredible to meet someone and say: with this person, I'm happy.

  Anna Gavalda

  Love, Relationship, Happiness

  Anna Gavalda (2005). “Someone I Loved”, p.77, Penguin

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• Nothing you love is lost. Not really. Things, people—they always go away, sooner or later. You can’t hold them, any more than you can hold moonlight. But if they’ve touched you, if they’re inside you, then they’re still yours. The only things you ever really have are the ones you hold inside your heart.

  Bruce Coville

  Love, Sympathy, Heart

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• Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy

  J. K. Rowling

  Happiness, Happy, Book

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• Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

  Wendy Mass

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

  "The Candymakers (The Candymakers, Book 1)". Book by Wendy Mass, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2010.

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• Baby, we have no choice of what color we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here.

  Mildred D. Taylor

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mildred D. Taylor (2004). “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.96, Penguin

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• Sometimes you can only feel something by its absence. By the empty spaces it leaves behind.

  Gayle Forman

  Relationship, Break Up, Missing Someone

  FaceBook post by Gayle Forman from Oct 07, 2015

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• Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it comes to someone you love, you’ll find there isn’t anything you won’t do.

  Richelle Mead

  Love, Truth, Loving Someone

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• I didn’t care about anything except her and the way touching her drove me wild, even as her calm and steady presence soothed the storms that raged within me.

  Richelle Mead

  Love, Caring, Touching

  FaceBook post by Richelle Mead from Apr 22, 2013

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• She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you'll know loss the rest of your life.

  Junot Diaz

  Love, Girlfriend, Loss

  "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". Book by Junot Diaz, words within the cover, www.theguardian.com. 2007.

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• Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.

  Mary Rakow

  Inspirational, Funny, Humorous

  Mary Rakow (2015). “The Memory Room: A Novel”, p.303, Counterpoint

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• That's the cool thing about having a best friend. They know what your pain feels like already, so you don't have to explain it.

  Susane Colasanti

  Best Friend, Friends, Pain

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• Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky.

  Rick Yancey

  Stars, Night, Thinking

  Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.39, Penguin

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• Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.

  George R. R. Martin

  Wisdom, Life And Love, Acceptance

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• I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable. I know what it means to lose everything, to let go of one life and find another. And now I feel, with a strange, deep certainty, that it must be my lot in life to be taught that lesson over and over again.

  Christina Baker Kline

  Life, Change, Letting Go

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