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“Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“While investing in one person, one place, one job, and one activity might deny us the breadth of experience we’d like, pursuing a breadth of experience denies us the opportunity to experience the rewards of depth of experience.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“If everyone were extraordinary, then by definition no one would be extraordinary.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“The key to a good life is not giving a fuck about more it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck about only what is true and immediate and important.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“The world is totally fucked and that’s all right, because it’s always been that way.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“I Love Postcards – It means someone’s thinking enough about me to want to share something with me. Above that, it says they’re willing to put those words out in public by sending them through a postal service where everyone gets to read them on their journey. They’re intensely personal”
― Belinda Missen, Accidentally in Love

“one of the hardest things to admit is that we weren’t loved when we needed it most. It’s a terrible feeling, the pain of not being loved.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“geographical distance counts for little in the world of the psyche.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“Real love is very quiet, very still. It’s boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm and constant.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“While some mistakes can cause a lifetime of guilt and regret, the real key to moving on is being able not only to forgive those people who have hurt you, but to forgive yourself as well.”
― Kelly Gunderman, Finding Me

“Finding yourself and finding forgiveness for those who have hurt you can be two of the most difficult things that you can do in your lifetime, but they are also two of the most worthwhile.”
― Kelly Gunderman, Finding Me

“I comfort myself with the thought that rather than live a life with a fraudulent smile, it is better to lead a life weeping real tears.”
― Bama, Karukku

“If a woman so much as stands alone and by herself somewhere, all sorts of men gather around her showing their teeth.”
― Bama, Karukku

“Grief is like a series of bombs exploding, one after another. Every hour, a new detonation. Shock after shock after shock.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“She’s often thought about this, the risks of a crime in a remote location. How vulnerable people would be, how much damage could be inflicted in a short period of time. Her mind flickers to the terror attacks in Norway in 2011. Anders Breivik, a right-winger on a rampage, shot at teenagers gathered on the island of Utøya during an annual summer camp. The island’s remote location meant that by the time the police had reached them sixty-nine people had already been massacred.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Anger is often unpredictable, a barrier to keeping things in check.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Things are messy, there aren't always explainations.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“The ego always wins. It's a weakness in everyone, the desire to know the most, be the hero, the one to save the day.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Seeing yourself like that, shadowy, distorted, it’s like looking into the darkest parts of your soul.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Life is a series of pulls back and forth... A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live somewhere in the middle. A wrestling match...Which side win? Love wins. Love always wins”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“But are people supposed to abandon potential soul mates just because of a few socially constructed complications?”
― Karen M. McManus

“You can be right in principle and still wrong in approach.”
― Karen M. McManus, You'll Be the Death of Me

“I'm starting to think he's turned into the kind of guy who'd do whatever someone says and not ask questions, just so he could fell like he's part of something.”
― Karen M. McManus, You'll Be the Death of Me

“Time rolls on like an unchanging river that no obstacle can divert from its course.”
― Vimala Devi, Monsoon

“The old ways are obeyed, pride is maintained and arrogance preens itself.”
― Vimala Devi, Monsoon

“No father can rest easy until he’s married his daughters into a good family and set them up for life.”
― Vimala Devi, Monsoon