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"“Kamal had seen destruction in my eyes. And yet as we hiked I wondered: Was there some part of me that no storm could reach? One rock in my shadowed cave that stood ever ready to receive the sun?”" — Mar 08, 2026 04:54PM
"“Kamal had seen destruction in my eyes. And yet as we hiked I wondered: Was there some part of me that no storm could reach? One rock in my shadowed cave that stood ever ready to receive the sun?”" — Mar 08, 2026 04:54PM
“It is possible, he thought, to be completely happy in marriage--though you must be willing to hold on when your ship was lost at sea and there was no guarantee of rescue.”
― Mr. Peanut
― Mr. Peanut
“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”
― Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
― Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
“How strong is a faith that can't stand up to a few honest questions?”
― Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned
― Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned
“-The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other but to be with each other.
-The Hopis consider running a form of prayer; they offer every step as a sacrifice to a loved one, and in return ask the Great Spirit to match their strength with some of his own.”
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
-The Hopis consider running a form of prayer; they offer every step as a sacrifice to a loved one, and in return ask the Great Spirit to match their strength with some of his own.”
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
“Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can't cry it away or eat it away or starve it away or walk it away or punch it away or even therapy it away. It's just there, and you have to survive it. You have to endure it. You have to live through it and love it and move on and be better for it and run as far as you can in the direction of your best and happiest dreams across the bridge that was built by your own desire to heal.”
― Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
― Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
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