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    Sara Ella
    “Sometimes you have to swim through a bit of darkness if you’re ever going to surface in the light.”
    ― Sara Ella, Coral
    tags: courage, depression-recovery, light, persistence
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Worst is a bad word,” I said to him, “and I hope you do not live to see it.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “The great storm is coming, but the tide has turned.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Go now, and die in what way seems best to you.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “...and all the stars flowered in the sky.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
    tags: nature
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Don't leave me here alone. Don't go where I can't follow.”
    ― JRR Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings
    tags: samwise, samwise-gamgee, samwise-the-brave
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  • #7
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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    Sara Ella
    “You are not nothing. And neither am I.”
    ― Sara Ella, Coral
    tags: depression, fantasy, hopeful, mermaids, suicide
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  • #9
    L.M. Montgomery
    “Never on painter's canvas lives
    The charm of his fancy's dream.”
    ― L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon
    tags: musings, poem
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    Jacques Barzun
    “Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.”
    ― Jacques Barzun
    tags: writer-s-block, writing
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    Dorothy L. Sayers
    “Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”
    ― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night
    tags: abilities, clichés, double-standards, empowerment, equality, feminism, feminist, gender, greatness, human-nature, husbands, hypocrisy, integrity, men, men-and-women, misogyny, penina-mezei, skills, stereotypes, strong, wives, women
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    Dorothy L. Sayers
    “How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.”
    ― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night
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    Dorothy L. Sayers
    “He was being about as protective as a can-opener.”
    ― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night
    tags: men, protectiveness
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  • #14
    Albert Einstein
    “You never fail until you stop trying.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: inspirational
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  • #15
    Vincent van Gogh
    “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
    ― Vincent Van Gogh
    tags: courage, inaction, just-do-it, timidity
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    Andrew Peterson
    “Hey, angel, your horns are sticking up.”
    ― Andrew Peterson
    tags: humor
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  • #17
    Catherine Marshall
    “The secret of her calm seemed to be that she was not trying to prove anything. She was—that was all. And her stance toward life seemed to say: God is—and that is enough.”
    ― Catherine Marshall, Christy
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    Catherine Marshall
    “Did people always have to wait for pestilence or war or tragedy to be shocked into forgetting about themselves?”
    ― Catherine Marshall, Christy
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  • #19
    Catherine Marshall
    “My father always told us that if we will let God, He can use even our disappointments, even our annoyances to bring us a blessing. There's a practical way to start the process too: by thanking Him for whatever happens, no matter how disagreeable it seems.”
    ― Catherine Marshall, Christy
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    Catherine Marshall
    “The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I'm not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His.”
    ― Catherine Marshall, Christy
    tags: alice-henderson, catherine-marshall, christy, christy-huddleston
    72 likes

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  • #21
    Catherine Marshall
    “I often marveled that the interior peace of the woman was reflected so faithfully in her surroundings. Even the selection and arrangements of her possessions gave an aura of uncluttered calm. In addition, there was a directness in her approach to all of life--including housekeeping--that never failed to fascinate me.
    Miss Alice was a person to whom color, symmetry of line and contrast of texture were important.”
    ― Catherine Marshall, Christy
    11 likes



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