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Not only do we all have magic, it's all around us as well. We just don't pay attention to it. Every time we make something out of nothing, that's an act of magic. It doesn't matter if it's a painting or a garden, or an abuelo telling his grandchildren some tall tale. Every time we fix something that's broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that's an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we *choose* to create or help, just as we can choose to harm. But it's so easy to destroy and so much harder to make things better. That's why doing the right thing makes you stronger. If we can only remember what we are and what we can do, nobody can bind us or control us. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#magic #inspirational

I could give all to Time except---except What I myself have held. But why declare The things forbidden that while the Customs slept I have crossed to Safety with? For I am There, And what I would not part with I have kept. ↗

— Robert Frost

#poetry #time #friendship

Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it. ↗

— Judy Blume

#inspirational #judy-blume #inspirational

Keep your head in the clouds and your hands on the keyboard. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#marissa-meyer #motivational #writing #inspirational

Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. ↗

— Aerosmith

#inspirational

To buy a cake... to howl at the moon... to know true happiness... I am happy. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#buying-a-cake #cake #happiness #howl-at-the-moon #inspirational

Memory is like a curse. We fall into eternity, and memory is a weight that keeps pulling us to where we can never go back to. ↗

— José Luís Peixoto

#memory #inspirational

No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#inspirational #lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #pippin #tolkien

Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to used during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course? Each of us has such a bank, it's name is time. Every morning, it credits you 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off at a lost, whatever of this you failed to invest to a good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no over draft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no drawing against "tomorrow". You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and health. The clock is running. Make the most of today. ↗

— Marc Levy

#time #imagination

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#become #care #does #globalization #must