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Quote by Sebastian Barry

“The thing itself, the first thing, will never do us alone, we must be elaborating, improving, poeticising.”

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Sebastian Barry is an Irish playwright known for his profound literary style and unique perspective on history. His works have won numerous literary awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature. more

“What keeps [friends] together? Common history, some shared conquests, a delight in ideas and people and living. But they will also be distinguished by their ability to listen to you. They will not be uncritical, but they will understand and accept you. You will be interested in each other's happiness and well-being.”

Friendship Acceptance Listening Friend Understand

Book:Navigating Life: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me

Source: Navigating Life: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me

“Being willing to feel my pain isn't another strategy I can use to avoid my pain. It is genuinely accepting that sometimes stuff really sucks. Sometimes life can really hurt. Sometimes this world isn't what I signed up for. Sometimes I still feel like I would do anything not to have these feelings and these thoughts... Willingness to allow suffering to be there is hard. Damn hard. And often frightening too. And the only thing harder is not being willing to allow suffering to be there.”

Self Help Acceptance Teenagers

Book:Stuff That Sucks: A Teen's Guide to Accepting What You Can't Change and Committing to What You Can

Source: Stuff That Sucks: A Teen's Guide to Accepting What You Can't Change and Committing to What You Can

“Figure out what you care about... and then care about it”

Values Psychology Acceptance Teenagers

Book:Stuff That Sucks: A Teen's Guide to Accepting What You Can't Change and Committing to What You Can

Source: Stuff That Sucks: A Teen's Guide to Accepting What You Can't Change and Committing to What You Can

“there’s more to liberation than trying to avoid discomfort, more to lasting happiness than pursuing temporary pleasures, temporary relief.”

Happiness Acceptance Mindfulness

Book:Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

Source: Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

“She had accepted him as he was and had spared him a great deal of loneliness. He had been unfair: while his imagination and vanity had given her too much importance, his pride had given her too little. He discovered the cruel paradox by which we always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.”

Love Life Relationships Acceptance

Book:A Happy Death

Source: A Happy Death

“When the world starts to feel unrecognizable, look to what still grows without permission. That’s where the truth is hiding.”

Philosophy Wisdom Inspiration Truth Life Lessons Hope Growth Nature Simplicity Authenticity

Author:Lawrence Nault

“There is no way to genuinely, powerfully, truly love yourself while crafting a mask of perfection.”

Perfect Self Esteem Acceptance Self Love Self Confidence Self Acceptance Perfectionism Perfectionist

Author:Vironika Tugaleva

“You work so hard to fix yourself, but maybe what you need isn't another tactic, another book, another expert, another five-step plan. Maybe, you don't need to be fixed. Maybe, what's really holding you back is the idea that you need to be fixed. Maybe you just need to let yourself play instead of always making yourself do homework.”

Play Wisdom Self Help Acceptance Self Love Self Awareness Self Acceptance Fixing Brokenness

Author:Vironika Tugaleva

“We are never through with the requirement for acceptance. This isn't a curse limited to the inadequate and the weak. Insecurity may even be a peculiar sign of well-being. It means we haven't allowed ourselves to take other people for granted, that we remain realistic enough to see that things could genuinely turn out badly and that we are invested enough to care.”

Love Acceptance Reassurance

Book:The Course of Love

Source: The Course of Love

“Sometimes the things that happen can be changed. Sometimes they cannot. Which time is this?”

Change Acceptance Choice

Book:Lucky Boy

Source: Lucky Boy

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