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There are moments when a kind of clarity comes over you, and suddenly you can see through walls to another dimension that you'd forgotten or chosen to ignore in order to continue living with the various illusions that make life, particularily life with other people, possible. ↗

— Nicole Krauss

#people #life

Only if you are possible, everything will be possible. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#impossible #life-lessons #possible #life

He'd lived long enough to know that everyone handled grief in different ways, and little by little, they all seemed to accept their new lives. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#grief #life #life

But all fairytales have rules, and perhaps it’s their rules that actually distinguish one fairytale from the other. These rules never need to be understood. They only need to be followed. If not, what they promise won’t come true. ↗

— Jostein Gaarder

#life #love #promises #life

You're fun to look at," decided Galinda. Boq's face fell. "Fun?" he said. I'd give a lot to achieve fun," Elphaba said. "The best I usually hope for is stirring, and when people say that they're usually referring to digestion- ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#ugly #life

Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#man #peace #people #life

I was often very, incredibly naughty, and if I didn't come home at tea time I used to be sent to bed without any dinner. But people used to bring me things: I was better fed in bed. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#bed #better #bring #come #dinner

I am convinced that the jealous, the angry, the bitter and the egotistical are the first to race to the top of mountains. A confident person enjoys the journey, the people they meet along the way and sees life not as a competition. They reach the summit last because they know God isn’t at the top waiting for them. He is down below helping his followers to understand that the view is glorious where ever you stand. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#spirituality #life

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#life #the-hunger-games #life

My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live. ↗

— Kanye West

#live #pain #perform #life