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“Some of those who say they are worried about erasing history are really objecting to decisions about monuments being taken down by a small group of people, whether protesters or officials. Ideally, communities as a whole should decide, but you cannot impose this as a requirement without the existence of a real process for having these conversations. Today, what we are truly in danger of losing is not history but rather the chance to use monuments, whether fallen or still standing, as paths to get to a better future”

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Book:Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
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“Bad Decisions In the face of the duality of the world, line starkly drawn The good follow the decree, the bad frowned upon The rules and desires lived side by side Who was truly free, and who was straught bide? In the decisions you make, your path unfolds Either stradled by the norm, or the scowl of the desires Living in denial is the perpetual rite Was the darkness first, or was it the light? In life, the weight of the bad decisions are akin to levy They are the simile to the stigma of the society But ponder, had Fleming not left his lab in disarray, Would we have the Penicillin and its astounding fay? Would the harry potter's tales be as elusive Had Rowling's work not cast aside, intrusive? The abysmal decisions are the callus to the fractures The trump card in its dreadful adventures They aren't the woeful stories or substance But, a paving tale in the life's grand scheme of nuance”

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Author:Dishebh Bhayana
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“Like her granddaughter, Clotilde wielded considerable influence. When her sons — heirs to the Merovingian dynasty — were deciding whether to overthrow the young heirs of Burgundy and take their lands under their control, they placed their decision in their mother's hands. They sent her a pair of scissors and a sword, with the following instructions: if she felt they should peacefully back down she should choose the scissors and cut off their long hair, which represented their royal power. If she felt they should assert their power, she should choose the sword. She famously replied, 'It is better for me to see them dead rather than shorn.' Clotilde was true to her name. She chose the sword. This decision brought about the murder of two young princes, aged seven and ten, killed by Clotilde's older sons on their mother's instructions. But she remained 'honoured by all' and celebrated for her humility and grace. [...]”

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Book:Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
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“There’s nothing wrong with seeking input and fresh perspectives from others. But when you have a habit of making decisions and looking for answers outside of yourself, you risk cutting yourself off from your innate truth, which undermines your own intuition. No matter how well-intentioned the advice offered may be.”

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Book:Intuitive Guide: How to Trust Your Gut, Embrace Divine Signs, & Connect with Heavenly Messengers
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“Setting boundaries is easy... Holding boundaries is what's hard. But then, over time, something miraculous happens. You set the boundary, you do what you need to do, and you immediately feel lighter, freer, less burdened-- not every time, not with every person-- but with some people every time-- and with every person sometimes-- and a new habit forms of doing it in a way that works better for you and not making yourself suffer for that. I love feeling that I've made a good decision for myself, for the situation, for the long-range outcome.”

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Author:Shellen Lubin
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“Apparently the driver had driven through three barriers before they ended up at the bottom of the ravine. And when asked how they had missed the “Bridge Out” signs, the driver replied, “I was too busy driving the car to read the signs.” And as I think about our culture, I often wonder how many ravines are we going to have to end up in before we begin reading the signs?”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
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“In anything, it is a mistake to think one can perform an action or behave certain way once and no more. (The mistake of those who say: "Let's slave away and save every penny until we are thirty, then we'll enjoy ourselves." At thirty they have a bent for avarice and hard work, and will never enjoy themselves any more..) What one does, one will do again, indeed has probably already done it in the distant past. The agonising thing about life is that it is our own decisions that throw us into this rut, under the wheels that crush us. (The truth is even before making those decisions, we were going in that direction:) A decision, an action, are infallible omens that we shall do another time, not for any vague, mystic, astrological reason but because they result from an automatic reaction that will repeat itself.”

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Author:Cesare Pavese
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“We can use your room if you like, but...' He was leaning against his open bedroom door. 'Either your room or mine- but we're sharing one from now on. Just tell me whether I should move myh clothes or yours. If that's all right with you.' 'Don't you- you don't want your own space?' 'No,' he said baldly. 'Unless you do. I need you protecting me from our enemies with your water wolves.' I snorted. He'd made me tell him that part of my tale over and over. I jerked my chin toward his bedroom. 'Your bed is bigger.' And that was that. I walked in to find my clothes already there, a second armoire now beside his. I stared at all the open space around us.”

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Book:A Court of Mist and Fury
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“No solo somos lo que hacemos, sino también lo que no hacemos. Somos lo que decimos, casi tanto como lo que callamos. Somos las preguntas que no nos atrevemos a pronunciar, en la misma medida que esas respuestas que nunca llegarán y permanecerán eternamente flotando entre remolinos de miedo e incertidumbre. Somos la sutilidad de una mirada, la intimidad de una caricia suave, la curva de una sonrisa sincera. Somos momentos bonitos, instantes agridulces, noches tristes. Somos detalles. Somos reales. Pero, por encima de todo lo demás, somo las decisiones que tomamos. En toda su dimensión. Por cada elección, damos un paso al frente y abandonamos algo en el camino. O damos un paso atrás y abandonamos algo que estaba por llegar. Avanzamos entre alternativas, seleccionando unas, rechazando otras, marcando nuestro destino.”

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Book:Nosotros en la Luna
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“The word "decision" comes from Latin roots, with de meaning "down" or "away from" and caedere meaning "to cut". Therefore, a decision means cutting from any other possibility. A true decision means you are committed to achieving a result and cutting yourself off from any other possibility. Committed decisions show up in two places: your calendar and your bank account. No matter what you say you value, or even think your priorities are, you have only to look at last year's calendar and bank account to see the decisions you have made about what you truly value.”

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Author:Carole Hildebrand
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“He did not remove me from the situations I created and the path that I chose, nor did He nullify the awful consequences of those decisions. He let me choose my path, and He allowed things to unfold in their natural sequence so that I could see the fruits of my decisions, but He was there for me every step of the way.”

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Book:Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
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“Previously, I had based all my decisions on the fact that someone said that it felt good, but there was no real reason beyond that. Previously, the “why” had always been lacking. Previously my why had been about as sophisticated as that of a monkey.”

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Book:Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
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“I take another step toward the serpent. And then another. This close, I am stunned all over again by the creature's sheer size. I raise a wary hand and place it against the black scales. They feel dry and cool against my skin. Its golden eyes have no answer, but I think of Cardan lying beside me on the floor of the royal rooms. I think of his quicksilver smile. I think of how he would hate to be trapped like this. How unfair it would be for me to keep him this way and call it love. You already know how to end the curse. 'I do love you,' I whisper. 'I will always love you.' I tuck the golden bridle into my belt. Two paths are before me, but only one leads to victory. But I don't want to win like this. Perhaps I will never live without fear, perhaps power will slip from my grasp, perhaps the pain of losing him will hurt more than I can bear. And yet, if I love him, there's only one choice. I draw the borrowed sword at my back. Heartsworn, which can cut through anything. I asked Severin for the blade and carried it into battle, because no matter how I denied it, some part of me knew what I would choose. The golden eyes of the serpent are steady, but there are surprised sounds from the assembled Folk. I hear Madoc's roar. This wasn't supposed to be how things ended. I close my eyes, but I cannot keep them that way. In one movement, I swing Heartsworn in a shining arc at the serpent's head. The blade falls, cutting through scales, through flesh and bone. Then the serpent's head is at my feet, golden eyes dulling. Blood is everywhere. The body of the serpent gives a terrible coiling shudder, then goes limp. I sheath Heartsworn with trembling hands. I am shaking all over, shaking so hard that I fall to my knees in the blackened grass, in the carpet of blood. I hear Lord Jarel shout something at me, but I can't hear it. I think I might be screaming.”

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Book:The Queen of Nothing
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“But that’s the whole problem, you’ve never felt called to any one thing. There is no violent push in one direction, but a softer nudge a hundred different ways, and now all of them feel out of reach. Blink and you’re twenty-eight, and everyone else is now a mile down the road, and you’re still trying to find it, and the irony is hardly lost on you that in wanting to live, to learn, to find yourself, you’ve gotten lost.”

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Book:The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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