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Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#pain #past #spiritual-growth #metaphysics

For Emily Dickinson every philosophical idea was a potential lover. Metaphysics is the realm of eternal seduction of the spirit by ideas. ↗

— Charles Simic

#poet #metaphysics

Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#assignment #avatar #book #burst #expression

Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution. ↗

— David Joseph Schwartz

#believing #done #find #mind #really

Did you ever get the feeling that everything was too perfect? Like the moment was so good that something had to be wrong? Kind of like the way a fish sees that bright, shiny lure just before it chomps down and gets hauled out of water to become someone's lunch. ↗

— Neal Shusterman

#metaphor #perfect #perfectionism #simile #suspicion

Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#simile #simile

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget. ↗

— Aaliyah

#audience #began #forget #fun #get

I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong. ↗

— Willie Aames

#been #i #me #pretty #prove

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#before #doubted #guys #hear #i

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#besides #biggest #else #hoop #i