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Most of us have a soundtrack running in the background of our lives. I access that soundtrack when I write. ↗

— Robin M. Helm

#on-writing #inspirational

I don’t want to accidentally end up looking back on my life to find that I’m ashamed of myself, I want to live a life I can be proud of. ↗

— Alice Bag

#inspirational #life #philosophy #inspirational

Life is always uncertain,'he said with a shrug. 'We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose. ↗

— Susanna Kearsley

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A burst of harmony so brilliant that it almost overwhelmed them surrounded Meg, the cherubim, Calvin, and Mr. Jenkins. But after a moment of breathlessness, Meg was able to open herself to the song of the farae, these strange creatures who were Deepened, rooted, yet never seperated from eachother, no matter how great the distance. We are the song of the universe. We sing with the angelic host. We are musicians. The farae and the stars are the singers. Our song orders the rhythm of creation. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

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It's all connected you know ↗

— Dennis L. McKiernan

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But the saddest difference between them was that Zazetsky, as Luria said, 'fought to regain his lost faculties with the indomitable tenacity of the damned,' whereas Dr P. was not fighting, did not know what was lost. But who was more tragic, or who was more damned -- the man who knew it, or the man who did not? ↗

— Oliver Sacks

#science #inspirational

Do not accept whatever comes. Do not accept whatever goes. You have infinite power. Exercise your choice. ↗

— Amit Ray

#lifestyle #inspirational

If you don't feel you have any choice in a situation, self-esteem and confidence plummet. But once you understand that you do have a choice, self-esteem will improve. You aren't a helpless victim anymore. You decide how you deal with a situation. You aren't just reacting to life; you're creating your life. ↗

— Theresa Francis-Cheung

#inspirational #non-fiction #self-esteem #tarot #inspirational

What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need to preempt grievance. In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can be made, any sentence begun. On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp -- praise song for walking forward in that light. ↗

— Elizabeth Alexander

#inspirational #obama #poetry #inspirational

And we mark our place with bookmarkers/that measure what we've lost ↗

— Simon & Garfunkel

#sad #inspirational