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“Sometimes... to reach who you really are - to get to the core - you have to take that risk. Step through the fear. It's like crossing a bridge: it's scary, it's cold, the wind knocks you sideways. But once you're halfway across, you realize the view is better from there. And you don't want to go back. Chapter 42”

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