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The problem is people are being hated when they are real, and being loved when they are fake.

~ Bob Marley

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“We try to hide our feelings but we forget our eyes speak.”

— Unknown

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abused doesn’t excuse abuse addiction doesn’t excuse abuse pain doesn’t excuse abuse mental illness doesn’t excuse abuse intolerance doesn’t excuse abuse fear doesn’t excuse abuse trauma doesn’t excuse abuse circumstances don’t excuse abuse poverty doesn’t excuse abuse bad health doesn’t excuse abuse culture doesn’t excuse abuse religion doesn’t excuse abuse tradition doesn’t excuse abuse experience doesn’t excuse abuse anger doesn’t excuse abuse a lapse of judgment doesn’t excuse abuse there is no excuse.

~stop giving the abuser a crutch to hit with.

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“Life is not about who you once were. It’s about who you are right now, and the person you have the potential to be.”

— Unknown

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“When fate gives you a fresh new chance to fall in love again, she will give you two simple rules: To practice the art of being soft and to be grateful.”

— Juansen Dizon, Healing The Wounded Heart

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“All of us fight hidden, silent battles against not being good enough, not having enough and not belonging enough.”

— Brené Brown

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“Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.”

— Bob Schieffer

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“Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding exactly what we want, and just see what happens.”

— Carrie - Sex and the City

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“At the end of the day, you can either focus on what’s tearing you apart or what’s holding you together.”

— Unknown

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“The smell of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have got inside him, or into the air all round him. She had become a physical necessity.”

— George Orwell

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“Sometimes suffering is just suffering. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t build character. It only hurts.”

— Kate Jacobs; Comfort Food

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“Pay attention when people react with anger of hostility to your boundaries. You have found the edge where their respect for you ends.”

— Unknown

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“Don’t allow someone to treat you poorly just because you love them.”

— Unknown

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“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”

— Anatole France

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“There’s a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn’t very loveable.”

— Yasmin Mogahed