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“I feel lost and confused, but happy and certain. I am like a ball of tangled yarn. The parts that are untangled are available, useable; the rest is a mess, useless until it is untied. That mess feels endless and at most times unyielding.”

Book:Recovering is an Art

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“Dad held Mama as if she were made of glass. So careful, so concerned for her well-being. It filled Leni with an impotent rage. And then she'd get a glimpse of him with tears in his eyes and the rage would turn soft and slide into something like forgiveness. She didn't know how to corral or change either of these emotions; her love for him was all tangled up in hate. Right now she felt both emotions crowding in on her, each jostling for the lead.”

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Book:The Great Alone

Source: The Great Alone

“…the Obscure Object was wearing a mask. The mask for tragedy, her eyes like knife slashes, her mouth a boomerang of woe. With this hideous face she threw herself on me. “Oh my God!” she sobbed. “Oh my God, Callie,” and she was shaking and needing me. Which leads me to a terrible confession. It is this. While Mrs. Grossinger tried to breathe life back into Maxine’s body, while the sun set melodramatically over a death that wasn’t in the script, I felt a wave of pure happiness surge through my body. Every nerve, every corpuscle, lit up. I had the Obscure Object in my arms.”

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Book:Middlesex

Source: Middlesex

“I didn’t ask for any of this, dad. I didn’t ask to be so unfortunate in everything I do. I didn’t ask to be born like this, and I most certainly didn’t ask to be like how everybody was calling me, a child who brought disgrace.” - Sasha”

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Book:One Minute to Midnight

Source: One Minute to Midnight

“The battle for the lead between faith and reason can be settled by accepting the guiding hand of an experienced navigator.”

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Book:In Movement There Is Peace

Source: In Movement There Is Peace

“Will your dad beat me up if I ask for your number? She wrote it down, smiling, feeling somehow significant and uncomfortable, a nervousness that stiffened her face.”

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Book:The Answers

Source: The Answers

“Creativity isn’t finding something new. It is rearranging what you already know into a new mold.”

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Author:Dr Prem Jagyasi

“Do not let your negative thoughts have power over you because those thoughts will end up controlling your life. No one can live a positive life with a negative mind.”

Source: The Light in the Heart

“Don't miss your blessing trying to take mine from me.”

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Author:Niedria D. Kenny

“Have you started already? Keep it up! Are you getting tired? Don't give up! Did you quit? You can do it again! Great accomplishments do not come with big steps; they come with little steps taken in regular installments! Do it and do it again and again!”

Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“By the time most people say 'I'm sorry' it is already too late.”

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