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“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
― Tom Bodett

“All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love.”
― Johnny Cash

“What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“Beautiful things don't ask for attention.”
― James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
― Hafiz of Shiraz

“Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.”
― Sean O'Casey

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
― Benjamin Spock

“And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death.”
― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear”
― Aung San Suu Kyi

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
― Anna Quindlen