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#1

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: love

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#2

“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

tags: inspirational, story-teller, storytelling, your-gift

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#3

“Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their treasures and the dragons eat their foes for breakfast with a nice cup of Lapsang souchong, someone needs to tell their bits of overlapping narrative. There's magic in that. It's in the listener, and for each and every ear it will be different, and it will affect them in ways they can never predict. From the mundane to the profound. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift. Your sister may be able to see the future, but you yourself can shape it, boy. Do not forget that... there are many kinds of magic, after all.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

tags: future, gifts, magic, past, possibilities, stories, talents

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#4

“Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

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#5

“Instead of waiting for a leader you can believe in, try this: Become a leader you can believe in.”
― Stan Slap

tags: business-culture, business-management-training, change-management-training, characteristics-of-leadership, conflict-management-training, definition-leadership, definition-of-leadership, developing-leadership-skills, effective-leadership, keynote-speaker, keynote-speech, leadership-and-management, leadership-characteristics, leadership-class, leadership-development, leadership-development-plan, leadership-development-program, leadership-development-programs, leadership-speech, leadership-styles, leadership-styles-in-managers, leadership-team-development, leadership-training, leadership-traits, leadership-vs-management, management-and-leadership, management-consulting-services, management-skills-training, management-training, management-training-courses, management-training-program, management-training-programs, management-vs-leadership, manager-training, organizational-culture, organizational-leadership, performance-management-training, risk-management-training, sales-effectiveness, sales-management-training, theories-of-leadership, training-management, training-management-system, values-company

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#6

“You can’t sell it outside if you can’t sell it inside.”
― Stan Slap

tags: business-culture, business-management-training, change-management-training, characteristics-of-leadership, conflict-management-training, definition-leadership, definition-of-leadership, developing-leadership-skills, effective-leadership, keynote-speaker, keynote-speech, leadership-and-management, leadership-characteristics, leadership-class, leadership-development, leadership-development-plan, leadership-development-program, leadership-development-programs, leadership-speech, leadership-styles, leadership-styles-in-managers, leadership-team-development, leadership-training, leadership-traits, leadership-vs-management, management-and-leadership, management-consulting-services, management-skills-training, management-training, management-training-courses, management-training-program, management-training-programs, management-vs-leadership, manager-training, organizational-culture, organizational-leadership, performance-management-training, risk-management-training, sales-effectiveness, sales-management-training, theories-of-leadership, training-management, training-management-system, values-company

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#7

“Work/life balance is not about escaping work. It’s about living exactly the way you want to when you’re at work.”
― Stan Slap

tags: business-culture, business-management-training, change-management-training, characteristics-of-leadership, conflict-management-training, definition-leadership, definition-of-leadership, developing-leadership-skills, effective-leadership, keynote-speaker, keynote-speech, leadership-and-management, leadership-characteristics, leadership-class, leadership-development, leadership-development-plan, leadership-development-program, leadership-development-programs, leadership-speech, leadership-styles, leadership-styles-in-managers, leadership-team-development, leadership-training, leadership-traits, leadership-vs-management, management-and-leadership, management-consulting-services, management-skills-training, management-training, management-training-courses, management-training-program, management-training-programs, management-vs-leadership, manager-training, organizational-culture, organizational-leadership, performance-management-training, risk-management-training, sales-effectiveness, sales-management-training, slapcompany-com, theories-of-leadership, training-management, training-management-system, values-company

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#8

“Perhaps the future belongs to magic, and it's we women who control magic.”
― J. G. Ballard, Rushing to Paradise

tags: ballardian

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#9

“I am not interested in being original. I am interested in being true.”
― Agostinho da Silva

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#10

“Life, he says, doesn’t have to be so bad all the time. We don’t have to be anxious about everything. We can just be. We can get up, anticipate that the day will probably have a few good moments and a few bad ones, and then just deal with it. Take it all in and deal as best we can.”
― John Corey Whaley, Where Things Come Back

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#11

“Your mind has a way of not letting you forget things you wish you could. Especially with people. Like, you'll always try your best to forget things that people say to you or about you, but you always remember. And you'll try to forget things you've seen that no one should see, but you just can't do it. And when you try to forget someone's face, you can't get it out of your head.”
― John Corey Whaley, Where Things Come Back

tags: forgetting

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#12

“I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.”
― John Corey Whaley, Where Things Come Back

tags: life, outlook, pessimism, where-things-come-back

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#13

“I hope that the epitaph of the human race when the world ends will be: Here perished a species which lived to tell stories.

We tell stories to strangers to ingratiate ourselves, stories to lovers to better adhere us skin to skin, stories in our heads to banish the demons. When we tell truth, often we are callous; when we tell lies, often we are kind. Through it all, we tell stories, and we own an uncanny knack for the task.”
― Lyndsay Faye, Jane Steele

tags: stories-writing, writing

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#14

“Hate ricochets, but kindness does too.”
― Robin Roe, A List of Cages

tags: hate, kindness

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#15

“Love isn’t a choice. You fall for the person, not their chromosomes.”
― I.W. Gregorio, None of the Above: A Powerful LGBTQIA+ YA Story of Intersex Teen Identity and Self-Acceptance

tags: chromosomes, intersex, lgbt, love

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#16

“The biggest difference between boy and girls is how people treat them”
― I.W. Gregorio, None of the Above: A Powerful LGBTQIA+ YA Story of Intersex Teen Identity and Self-Acceptance

tags: lgtb, trangender, transexual

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#17

“As long as we had ground under our feet and the wind at our backs, things were going to be okay.”
― I.W. Gregorio, None of the Above: A Powerful LGBTQIA+ YA Story of Intersex Teen Identity and Self-Acceptance

tags: inspirational

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#18

“The stunning beauty of the waning day was a stark contrast to the horrors we'd just witnessed, as if nature itself wanted to wipe away the memory of those monstrosities.”
― L.D. Goffigan, The Beast of London

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#19

“You would think that people who had experienced injustice would be loath to inflict it on others, and yet they do so with alacrity. The victims become victimizers with a chilling righteousness. This is the nature of fanaticism, to attract and provoke extremes of behavior. And this is why fanatics are all the same, whatever specific form their fanaticism takes.”
― Michael Crichton, Dragon Teeth

tags: fanaticism, religion

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#20

“Photographs provided a tangible reality to men who were far from home, fearful and tired; they were posed proofs of success, souvenirs to send to sweethearts and loved ones, or simply ways of remembering, of grasping a moment in a swift changing and uncertain world.”
― Michael Crichton, Dragon Teeth

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#21

“You must first learn patience, if you wish to learn anything at all.”
― Michael Crichton, Dragon Teeth

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#22

“Sometimes I think people take reality for granted.”
― Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

tags: alex-ridgemont, mental-illness, reality, schizophrenia

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#23

“Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how much you have the capacity to learn.”
― Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

tags: intelligence

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#24

“You found me in a constellation.”
― Francesca Zappia, Eliza and Her Monsters

tags: youngadult

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#25

“There are monsters in the sea.”
― Francesca Zappia, Eliza and Her Monsters

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#26

“There is a small monster in my brain that controls my doubt.
The doubt itself is a stupid thing, without sense or feeling, blind and straining at the end of a long chain. The monster though, is smart. It's always watching, and when I am cmpletely sure of myself, it unchains the doubt and lets it run wild. even when I know it's coming, I can't stop it.”
― Francesca Zappia, Eliza and Her Monsters

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#27

“I'm not normally one to take advice from my fictional characters, but there comes a point in every girl's life where she reaches a crossroads: a night alone with her sweatpants and her favorite television show, or a party with real, live, breathing people.”
― Francesca Zappia, Eliza and Her Monsters

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#28

“I'm so tired. I'm tired of anxiety that twists my stomach so hard I can't move the rest of my body. Tired of constant vigilance. Tired of wanting to do something about myself, but always taking easy way out.”
― Francesca Zappia, Eliza and Her Monsters

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#29

“Broken people don't hide from their monsters. Broken people let themselves be eaten.”
― Francesca Zappia, Eliza and Her Monsters

tags: eliza-and-her-monsters, monster, monsters

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#30

“Made you breakfast. Are you feeling okay? You look a little gray.” I grunt. Morning is the devil’s time.”
― Francesca Zappia, Eliza and Her Monsters

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