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I found I could listen without envy to Letty's singing, and afterwards when the applause came, I did not mind that Mrs Knowles was heaping praises upon her. Peter's hands were on my chair, and when I leaned back I could feel them against my shoulders. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#jane-austen #jennifer-paynter #love #loyalty #mary-bennet

If you're alive, you're creative. ↗

— Patti Digh

#creativity #encouragement-and-attitude #attitude

Love Egoist: Let me tell you this. I've done things to be appreciated but nothing to be insulted for. After all, I'm trying my hardest not to disappoint my students. ↗

— Bisco Hatori

#dissapoint #hard #insult #love

Love, built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. ↗

— John Donne

#inconstancy #instability #love #passage-of-time #precariousness

Tantrums are not bad behavior. Tantrums are an expression of emotion that became too much for the child to bear. No punishment is required. What your child needs is compassion and safe, loving arms to unload in. ↗

— Rebecca Eanes

#gentle-parenting #parenting-children #parenting-tip #positive-parenting #preschoolers

Big don't mean ugly, and thin sho don't mean pretty. If a person wants to be pretty, they gotta walk pretty, talk pretty and act pretty. Can't nobody take pretty from you. ↗

— Daniel Black

#beauty #perfect-peace #pretty #self-worth #beauty

His every word is a new emotion for me ↗

— Anshuma Sharma

#emotions #expression #feelings #life #love

Teach me love and I will impress you by getting the highest marks. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#love #teach #love

Take this one in my belly. He (or she) is determined to be here. I can feel the force of his being. It's as if he has something to do here and just wants to arrive and grow up so he can get to it. ↗

— Rebecca Walker

#pregnancy #love

My friends define a soulmate as a lifelong friend, confidant, support system, and spiritual partner. I believe Richard Bach defined it best as "someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise. ↗

— Isma Williams

#depression-stories #love