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"The things that go unsaid are often the things that eat at you--whether because you didn't get to have your say, or because the other person never got to hear you and really wanted to."

"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. 

From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king."

"In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that in the midst of winter, I found there was , within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger--something better, pushing right back."

"It was November-- the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul."

"I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm  not really living it."

"A life lived for art is never a life wasted."

"I can't stop thinking about Elijah sitting underneath the juniper tree & asking God to die. God sent an angel who says, "This journey is too much for you. Rest & eat." & Elijah does. He wakes up still feeling hopeless, & the angel repeats himself. 

It took Elijah longer than he wanted to get better. Sometimes we want to move but we can't. Sometimes the journey is too much. It is not a sin to understand your limitations. Start there, get stronger, then get up."

"Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It's enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it."

"You are being presented with a choice: evolve or remain. If you choose to remain unchanged, you will be presented with the same challenges, the same routine, the same storms, the same situations, until you learn from them, until you love yourself enough to say "no more", until you choose change. If you choose to evolve, you will connect with the strength within you, you will explore what lies outside the comfort zone, you will awaken to love, you will become, you will be. You have everything you need. Choose to evolve. Choose love. "

"I hope that either all of us or none of us are judged by the actions of our weakest moments, but rather by the strength we show when and if we are ever given a second chance."

"Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity."

"I don't want to be rich or famous, but I want to contribute something significant to the history of human thought."

"I must be all I can be."

"Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it?"

"Be as you wish to seem."

"The mountain is you."

"I feel within me something tumultuous that frightens me, an intensity that exhausts me. But I accept the great adventure of being me."