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If there's one thing I've discovered, it's that stifling yourself will only lead to more misery. [...] I polluted all other happiness because I was afraid to let myself create and change. You have to have courage. Real courage to explore, to fail, and to pick yourself back up again. ↗

— Siobhan Vivian

#creativity #misery #change

Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and I get a buzz every time. ↗

— Wayne Rooney

#buzz #country #dreamed #every #every time

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#by-product #goal

An important aspect of the ebbing of sex was that other things became interesting. Sex obliterates the individuality of young women more often than it does that of young men, because so much more of a woman than a man is used by sex. ↗

— Diana Athill

#life #sex #somewhere-towards-the-end #women #age

Anything less than mad, passionate, extraordinary love is a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with and love shouldn't be one of them. ↗

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

#dreams

Small changes done now would preserve Social Security at full benefit. ↗

— James Roosevelt

#changes #done #full #now #preserve

As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing of, and for the most part do not want to know. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#psychology #dreams

All of the devices work out of the box without any subscription fee. ↗

— David Rose

#box #devices #fee #out #subscription

Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. (from 'Instructions') ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#life #story #trust #dreams

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#first-sentence #dreams