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"Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."

Flannery O'Connor "Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose"

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"I did crave attention, but I refused to humiliate myself by asking for it. I’d be punished if I showed signs of suffering, I knew. So I was good. I did all the right things. I rebelled in silent ways, with my thoughts."

Ottessa Moshfegh "My Year of Rest and Relaxation"

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"I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me."

Ursula K. Le Guin "A Wizard of Earthsea"

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"We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future."

Steve Maraboli "Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience"

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—oh, how I wish to go down with the sun—

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"What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again."

Suzanne Collins "Mockingjay"

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"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.."

John Milton "Paradise Lost"

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"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it."

Maya Angelou "Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now"

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

Martin Luther King Jr. "A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches"

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A waterfall tumbles down the vertical slopes of Bujaruelo Valley, Ordesa National Park, Spain. by travelpix

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"The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination."

Marion Zimmer Bradley "The Fall of Atlantis"