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“Time didn't pass; it tailgated.”

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Spider Robinson

Spider Robinson, born Patricia A. Williams, is an American science fiction author known for her unique sense of humor and profound insights into social issues. Born on November 24, 1948, she has made a name for herself in the science fiction community with her works that blend science fiction elements with realism, exploring themes of human nature, social justice, and moral dilemmas. more

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“And looking into the face of ... one dead man we see two dead, the man and the life of the woman who gave him birth; the life she wrought into his life! And looking into his dead face someone asks a woman, what does a woman know about war? What, what, friends in the face of a crime like that, what does man know about war?”

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Author:Anna Howard Shaw

“But we are learning from the teaching and example of Jesus that life itself is a religion, that nothing is more sacred than a human being, that the end of all right institutions, whether the home or the church or an educational establishment, or a government, is the development of the human soul.”

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Book:The Speeches of Anna Howard Shaw

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“Control yourself. Become someone who can handle this.”

Author:Brandon Sanderson

“If someone is being unkind or petty or jealous or distant or weird, you don't have to take it in. You don't have to turn it into a big psychodrama about your worth. That behavior so often is not even about you. Don't own other people's crap.”

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Book:Brave Enough: A Mini Instruction Manual for the Soul

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“There isn't a thing to eat down there in the rabbit hole of your bitterness except your own desperate heart.”

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Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There

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“When going on a date with someone they met online, the number-one fear that straight women have is going on a date with a serial killer. The number-one fear straight men have is going on a date with a fat woman. That says everything.”

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Author:Cheryl Strayed

“We are savages insides. We all want to be the chosen, the beloved, the esteemed. There isn't a person reading this who hasn't at one point or another had that why not me? voice pop into the interior mix when something good has happened to someone else.”

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Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There

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Author:Leon Askin

“Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?”

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Book:The Collected Plays: The tragedies and tragic-comedies

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