See what courage sounds like. See how brave it is to reveal yourself in this way. But above all, see what it is to still live, to profoundly influence the lives of others after you are gone, by your words. In a world of asynchronous
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“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
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“Suffering is real. To urge anything that dismisses it as ‘unreal’ is to mock the pain of another.”
― Does He Know A Mothers Heart: How Suffering Refutes Religion
― Does He Know A Mothers Heart: How Suffering Refutes Religion

“Another life-lesson: until our minds are emptied, how will we receive?”
― Does He Know A Mothers Heart: How Suffering Refutes Religion
― Does He Know A Mothers Heart: How Suffering Refutes Religion

“Khalil Gibran said that parents are like a bow, And children like arrows. The more the bow bends and stretches, the farther the arrow flies. I fly, not because I am special, but because they stretched for me.”
― Scion of Ikshvaku
― Scion of Ikshvaku

“To derive joy from simple things; to derive joy from beautiful, giving persons; to give back, indeed to give away; to be thankful, as we are so often told we must be, for small mercies.”
― Does He Know A Mothers Heart: How Suffering Refutes Religion
― Does He Know A Mothers Heart: How Suffering Refutes Religion
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