#change

Eight full lives,” I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. “Eight full lives and I never found anyone I would stay on a planet for, anyone I would follow when they left. I never found a partner. Why now? Why you? You're not of my species. How can you be my partner?” “It's a strange universe,” he murmured. “It's not fair,” I complained, echoing Sunny's words. It wasn't fair. How could I find this, find love–now, in this eleventh hour–and have to leave it? Was it fair that my soul and body couldn't reconcile? Was it fair that I had to love Melanie, too? Was it fair that Ian would suffer? He deserved happiness if anyone did. Itwasn't fair or right or even…sane. How could I do this to him? “I love you,” I whispered. “Don't say that like you're saying goodbye.” But I had to. “I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might become.” I worded it carefully, so that there would be no lie in my voice. “If I were a Dolphin or a Bear or a Flower, it wouldn't matter. I would always love you, always remember you. You will be my only partner. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#change

Actually Gabriel’s an archangel,” I corrected. “But otherwise, yes.” “Well, that explains why he’s so hard to impress,” said Xavier flippantly ↗

— Alexandra Adornetto

#archangel #humor #humor

Either I would change lives or end them. The second option is always available. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#lives #option #change

When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#suffering-of-humanity #beauty

Thomas barked out a laugh. "There are seven of us against the Red King and his thirteen most powerful nobles, and it's going well?" Mouse sneezed. "Eight," Thomas corrected himself. He rolled his eyes and said, "And the psycho death faerie makes it nine." "It is like movie," Sanya said, nodding. "Dibs on Legolas. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#change

We must remember that we cannot change others, we can only change ourselves. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#personal-transformation #respect #change

The vision I see in the mirror is me, who I am, supposedly, but that vision does not express the way my mind works or the way I feel inside. A realization creeps over me, the words tumbling into my head quietly like falling leaves. I. Am. Crazy. This is my new shameful truth. Something changed yesterday. A door has been opened that I can never close again. I touch my reflection, the glass smooth and cold, not really believing that the girl I see is me. ↗

— Victoria Sawyer

#depression-quotes #mental-disorders #mental-health #mental-illness #panic

We cant change who we are, but we can change the way we do things. ↗

— Edwin Medina

#change

Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

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I wasn't going to play by her rules. I was going to change them myself." -Avalin Marsh "Sometimes you have to look through someone else's eyes to see the best things about yourself." -Albert Huntington "It's worth a shot, it's always worth a shot. Even if it's your very last bullet." -Lyle McCormick "I was always the invisible one, Avalin. It was you who made sure I was seen." -Prajna Sarasvati "Let's hope we can subdue her before it comes to methods that involve injecting people with pointy things, yes?" -Madeline Gray ↗

— A.L. Collins

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