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Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all. ↗

— Stephen King

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If we want to keep the blessings of life coming to us, we must learn to be grateful for whatever is given. ↗

— Harold Klemp

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Understanding people’s difficulties and—just as crucial—helping people understand their own difficulties and teaching them concrete ways to help themselves will help them better deal with their own lives and, in turn, ours. ↗

— Kathryn Erskine

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You don't need to know what you're escaping from to become a fugitive. ↗

— Bella Pollen

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I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence of indoor plumbing is a debatable concept. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

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Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake. ↗

— Greg Anderson

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There are essentially two questions in life - a spiritual question and a material question. The spiritual question is 'Who am I?' The material question is 'What am I to do with my life?' One leads to the other. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#inspirational-quotes #introspection #life #meaning-of-life #purpose

Ruby said there were many songs that you could not say anybody in particular had made by himself. A song went around from fiddler to fiddler and each one added something and took something away so that in time the song became a different thing from what it had been, barely recognizable in either tune or lyric. But you could not say the song had been improved, for as was true of all human effort, there was never advancement. Everything added meant something lost, and about as often as not the thing lost was preferable to the thing gained, so that over time we'd be lucky if we just broke even. Any thought otherwise was empty pride. ↗

— Charles Frazier

#music #songs #life

The most important thing I learned is that to be truly happy, you've got to pay attention to that stupid inner voice we all have. It knows what you need and will drive you shit crazy until you listen to it. ↗

— Dorothea Benton Frank

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Take my handkerchief, Scarlett. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

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