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“I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin' heroic.”
― George Carlin

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.”
― Joss Whedon

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”
― Jess C. Scott, The Intern

“You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.”
― Anne Lamott

“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.”
― Anne Lamott

“Part of me loves and respects men so desperately, and part of me thinks they are so embarrassingly incompetent at life and in love. You have to teach them the very basics of emotional literacy. You have to teach them how to be there for you, and part of me feels tender toward them and gentle, and part of me is so afraid of them, afraid of any more violation.”
― Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

“Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare...”
― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“No" is a complete sentence.”
― Annie Lamott

“Berjuta kali aku merindukannya, berjuta kali aku ingin menghubunginya, berjuta kali aku ingin memeluknya, dan berjuta kali aku ingin mengatakan cinta padanya. Tapi setiap kali pikiran itu datang padaku, aku selalu meyakinkan diri sendiri, bahwa aku tidak berhak menganggunya, karena aku memang tidak memilihnya. Aku tidak pernah mengejarnya, tidak pernah mencarinya. Hanya membiarkan diriku semakin keropos karena menginginkannya.”
― Eva Sri Rahayu, Dunia Trisa