“She didn't have to return to Philly until Sunday, yet from the moment she sat down in the car, Madison was already projecting five days into the future and anticipating the sadness that returning to campus would bring.”
Source: What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
“My chess rivals were taking lessons, competing at every weekend tournament, while I was on a boat crashing through big waves. But I would come back with new ideas and a full tank of energy and determination. The ocean has always healed me…”
Source: The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
“Our thinking makes or breaks our life, we live as we think”
“Pause for a moment and prayerfully consider your response: What breaks your heart?”
Source: Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working
“From the first days […] I was a woman's soul, with all its specific sensitivity, grace and fragility, trapped in a man's body.”
Source: Being Pyotr Ilyich: Tchaikovsky’s Inner Life, Revealed by Himself 130 Years Later
“We take tea breaks at ten in the morning and three in the afternoon. Taking regular breaks like this allows us to stay energized throughout the day.”
Source: A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
“Love makes happy only one heart but causes many broken hearts.”
“As watercourse is replaced by watercourse,
So no river allows itself to be concealed.
It breaks the channel in which it was hidden.”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“It took me a little while, but I learned to see my "time-outs" as necessities, not luxuries, and to be vigilant about making room for them in my life. Without them, I found it almost impossible to provide the kind of welcoming, accepting home experience that Nathan and all my children needed.”
Source: Different: The Story of an Outside-the-Box Kid and the Mom Who Loved Him
“The must-have breaks in bodybuilding; one, break the muscle; two, break from routine.”
Source: Rep By Rep