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    “Know thyself deathless and able to know all things, all arts, sciences, the way of every life. Become higher than the highest height and lower than the lowest depth. Amass in thyself all senses of animals, fire, water, dryness and moistness. Think of thyself in all places at the same time, earth, sea, sky, not yet born, in the womb, young, old, dead, and in the after death state.”
    ― Muata Ashby, Ancient Egyptian Proverbs
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    “By living a life based on wisdom and truth, one can discover the divinity of the soul, its union to the universe, the supreme peace and contentment which comes from satisfying the inner drive for self discovery.”
    ― Muata Ashby, Ancient Egyptian Proverbs
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    William Makepeace Thackeray
    “I have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do—a Work, if you like, with a great W; a Purpose to fulfil; ... a Great Social Evil to Discover and to Remedy.”
    ― William Makepeace Thackeray, The Book of Snobs
    tags: destiny, providence, writers, writing
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    Kristina Smeriglio
    “The things that were told to me made sense to some degree. But I knew they weren't completely right either. There was something missing from their advice and assistance: Kristy...Kristy was missing. Where was Kristy in all of this? Because she certainly wasn't with me when I was making the choices that led to those moments of pain. Someone else was in control. In those moments, I didn't have my true voice. Kristy was hidden. And she was suffering.”
    ― Kristina Smeriglio, Falling Into Fire
    tags: advice, choices, control, missing, pain, suffering, voice
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    Kristina Smeriglio
    “I was called to the image, called to its message, though I wasn't quite sure what it was trying to tell me at the time. Still, I knew there was something there.”
    ― Kristina Smeriglio, Falling Into Fire
    tags: image, message
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    Kristina Smeriglio
    “I was at the precipice. I knew it. So, then the issue was simply finding out where this journey was to take place. I needed a setting my main character would thrive in, a place that had a quality all its own. That's when it occurred to me, to use a painting.”
    ― Kristina Smeriglio, Falling Into Fire
    tags: character, journey, painting, place, quality, setting
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    Kristina Smeriglio
    “In my resistance, I knew that there was more to the assignment. To think of an assignment as nothing more than a grade would be a missed opportunity as it is. But when there's resistance, it's an even bigger indicator that something's going on, there's a deeper significance. And I knew there was something to the story that was to come. And I was motivated. There's a certain excitement that arises when one realizes they're at the onset of a personal transformation.”
    ― Kristina Smeriglio, Falling Into Fire
    tags: assignment, motivation, opportunity, personal-transformation, resistance, story, transformation
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    Kristina Smeriglio
    “Little did I realize then, I would need to steep myself in sex, immerse myself in the subject. I'd have to open my mind, return to a time when all I knew and understood was sex.”
    ― Kristina Smeriglio, Falling Into Fire
    tags: immerse, mind, realize, sex, sexuality, subject
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    Kristina Smeriglio
    “There are different ways people can communicate with each other. Especially, with those that are young, those that have yet to understand or fully experience the beauty and ills of our world. There are certain dynamics bred by societal programming and biological instincts that need to be considered when helping someone of a different generation, especially when they're related to you.”
    ― Kristina Smeriglio, Falling Into Fire
    tags: biological, communication, dynamics, family, generation, instincts, related, societal-programming, society, young
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    Kristina Smeriglio
    “A confrontation, most importantly one with ourselves, is what needs to take place in order for true awareness, change, and healing to occur.”
    ― Kristina Smeriglio, Falling Into Fire
    tags: awareness, change, confrontation, healing
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    Kristina Smeriglio
    “There's a feeling within me, begging me to confront and overcome this defeat. But then there are the louder voices creeping in from the shadows of my memory.”
    ― Kristina Smeriglio, Tales We Tell The Sky
    tags: confront, confrontation, defeat, feeling, memory, overcome, shadows, voices
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    Kristina Smeriglio
    “You hear other women sharing these horrific stories of abuse and I look at mine and I find it difficult even saying the word. Because I knew these men, I had feelings for these men. How can I compare myself and my experiences to what others have been through, events that have truly left them scarred? Am I just playing the victim?”
    ― Kristina Smeriglio, Falling Into Fire
    tags: abuse, compare, experiences, men, stories, victim, women
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