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"You can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see."

~ Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"

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She had blue skin,

And so did he.

He kept it hid

And so did she.

They searched for the blue

Their whole life through,

Then passed right by -

And never knew.

~ Shel Silverstein

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4 natural sanctuaries:

stillness

silence

solitude

simplicity

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Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

~ C. S. Lewis

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Safety in his arms

Maturity in his words

Purity in hus soul

Love in his actions

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"To be known is to be seen."

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The only thing standing between you and your breakthrough is often just the courage to say yes to the unknown. It's scary, but sometimes that leap of faith is exactly what you need to get to where you're meant to be.

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"Why are you so nice even to people who are rude to you?

Because I, too, have been rude to nice people, & I know that rudeness comes from a place of a roaring pain & Only kindness soothes it."

⁃ By The Word

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You are not the darkness you endured.

You are the light that refused to surrender.

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Let's cwtch.

Pronounced "kutch," like "butch,' cwtch is a Welsh word for a cuddle or hug-not just any hug, though.

It's a hug that wraps you up completely a safe little bubble where nothing else matters. A cuddle that shields you from the world and says, "You're loved,you're safe, you're home."

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[...] constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong..With such a people, you can do whatever you want."

~Hannah Arendt

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What is the weather inside you?

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it’s about who stays

not who promised

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"I can't hold enough of you in my hands."

~ Franz Kafka

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When you understand that every opinion is a vision loaded with a personal history, you will begin to understand that all judgment is a confession.

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The only real love is the one

We can never possess.

And what we possess

Is only a shadow of the real.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke - "Go to the limits of your longing"