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Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs. ↗

— Joan Didion

#life #responsibility #self-respect #life

Ah me, but where are now the songs I sang When life was sweet because you call’d them sweet? ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#life

You can't go through life striking out at people who hurt or scare you. All that does is show them that you're weak. It tells them that they've wounded you, and a strong woman never shows her wounds unless it serves a purpose. ↗

— Lisa Cach

#strong #woman #life

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#hurt #life-lessons #scars #wisdom #wounds

I just gave up one day. Around the time the news about toxic shock came out. I thought, Fuck me, man, I give up. Come and get me. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#giving-up #death

HOBBES: Virtue needs some cheaper thrills. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#life

You don't dwell on what you've lost, you just move on."-Allison ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#life #life

Živi što ljepše, ali tako da te nije stid. I radije pristani da te Bog pita: zašto nisi to učinio? ↗

— Meša Selimović

#living-life #living-life-to-the-fullest #death

You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions. ↗

— Karen Blixen

#africa #life #life

It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#positivity #life