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    Paulo Coelho
    “Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?”
    ― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
    tags: eleven-minutes, paulo-coelho
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    Tom Perrotta
    “It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness.”
    ― Tom Perrotta, Little Children
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    Eartha Kitt
    “It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.”
    ― Eartha Kitt
    tags: love, relationships, self-love
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    Francine Jay
    “My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.”
    ― Francine Jay, Miss Minimalist: Inspiration to Downsize, Declutter, and Simplify
    tags: leisure, minimalism, productivity
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    Emily Giffin
    “i wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds, two loves.”
    ― Emily Giffin, Love the One You're With
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    Roald Dahl
    “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
    ― Roald Dahl
    tags: believe, glittering-eyes, hidden, magic, secrets, unlikely-places, watch, world
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    Richelle E. Goodrich
    “Service is a smile.  It is an acknowledging wave, a reaching handshake, a friendly wink, and a warm hug. It's these simple acts that matter most, because the greatest service to a human soul has always been the kindness of recognition.”
    ― Richelle E. Goodrich
    tags: benevolence, charity, compassion, friendliness, giving, inspirational, kindness, richelle, richelle-goodrich, service
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    Richelle E. Goodrich
    “What's the point of changing who you are in order to impress a woman, when your intention is to return to who you were, a person she was never attracted to in the first place?”
    ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
    tags: attraction, dating, love, men-and-women, richelle, richelle-goodrich
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    Sophie Kinsella
    “But sometimes you have to be brave. Sometimes you have to show people what's important in life.”
    ― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number
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    Hester Browne
    “My golden rule has always been to look on the bright side, no matter what. With all the complications in my life, I had to. Because if you can find three good things in any given situation, no matter how dire, I guarantee you'll forget the rotten stuff.”
    ― Hester Browne, The Little Lady Agency
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    Jojo Moyes
    “You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.”
    ― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You
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    Lisa Kleypas
    “Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together.”
    ― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Winter
    tags: attraction, love
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    Deb Caletti
    “You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.”
    ― Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming
    tags: good-enough, love, seeing, someone, struggle, you
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    Deb Caletti
    “Those questions you have? Whether he's the one, whether you feel about him the way you should, or whether the relationship is going okay? When you're not sure whether you're in love with someone or not, the answer is not.”
    ― Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming
    tags: feel, love, questions, relationship, the-one
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    Deb Caletti
    “When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.”
    ― Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming
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    J. Sterling
    “What she really craved was a connection. That feeling you got when you knew you were supposed to be with someone.”
    ― J. Sterling, In Dreams
    tags: emotions, love
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    Louise Rozett
    “Bad things happen whether you're scared or not, so you might as well not bother being scared. It's a waste of time.”
    ― Louise Rozett, Confessions of an Angry Girl
    tags: scared
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  • #18
    “Now my sole function in this world is to serve as receptacle for the proof that I am inconsequential; every experience I accrete is only another stroke of an eraser.”
    ― Evan Dara, The Lost Scrapbook
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    “[B]etter the beauty of struggle and futility than the illusion of accomplishment; for as we struggle, he would seem to say, so are we beautiful.”
    ― Evan Dara, The Lost Scrapbook
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    Caroline Starr Rose
    “What does it matter
    when I make mistakes?
    They don't
    make me
    who
    I
    am.”
    ― Caroline Starr Rose
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    Bertrand Russell
    “The meta-physical creed, I shall maintain, is a mistaken outcome of the emotion, although this emotion, as colouring and informing all other thoughts and feelings, is the inspirer of whatever is best in Man.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Mysticism and Logic
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    Barbara Taylor Bradford
    “The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.”
    ― Barbara Taylor Bradford, Unexpected Blessings
    tags: future, past
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    Barbara Taylor Bradford
    “Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.”
    ― Barbara Taylor Bradford, Being Elizabeth
    tags: power, women
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    Lev Grossman
    “Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you.”
    ― Lev Grossman
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    Lev Grossman
    “[F]or just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever.”
    ― Lev Grossman, The Magicians
    tags: contentment, destiny, happiness, life, misery, perfection, satisfaction, unhappiness
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    Lev Grossman
    “His crush went from exciting to depressing, as if he'd gone from the first blush of infatuation to the terminal nostalgia of a former lover without even the temporary relief of an actual relationship in between.”
    ― Lev Grossman, The Magicians
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    Lev Grossman
    “Maybe this was one of those times when being a hero didn’t involve looking particularly brave. It was just doing what you should.”
    ― Lev Grossman, The Magician King
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    Nancy Werlin
    “When you first fall in love, it's supposed to be awful. Awful, uncertain, scary, wonderful, confusing, all at once. That's how you know it's real. You have to care deeply. Passionately. That hurts.”
    ― Nancy Werlin, Impossible
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    Nancy Werlin
    “ MATTHEW'S RULES OF SURVIVAL
    1. Sometimes, the people who mean you harm are the ones who say they love you.
    2. Fear is your friend. When you feel it, act.
    3. Protect the little ones.
    4. If you coped before, you can cope now.
    5. Always remember: In the end, the survivor gets to tell the story.”
    ― Nancy Werlin, The Rules of Survival
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    T.S. Eliot
    “For last year's words belong to last year's language
    And next year's words await another voice.”
    ― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
    tags: language, new-year, voice, words
    4190 likes



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