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She has often felt that her outsides were too dull for her insides, that deep within her there was something better than what everyone else could see. ↗

— Myla Goldberg

#soul #life

Sometimes when we say "God is silent," what's really going on is that he hasn't told the story the way we wanted it told. He will be silent when we want him to fill in the blanks of the story we are creating. But with his own stories, the ones we live in, he is seldom silent. ↗

— Paul E. Miller

#prayer #story #life

It's not adviseable to always go around doubting others all the time. However, it is logical. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#life

The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#relationships #life

Lalalalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Wonderful music, for it is the music of happiness. ↗

— Unknown

#music #music

Whatever truth we feel compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a way of spiritually holding our breath. You can only do it for so long. ↗

— Mark Nepo

#imagination

I know,” said Peter. “Perhaps better than anyone. But you can’t stay a child forever. To choose to speak into Echo’s Well is to choose illusion. To choose to avoid the responsibilities of being an adult. The real trick—the real choice—is to keep the best of the child you were, without forgetting when you grow up. “It is the best of both worlds, Jack. Being a child is to believe in magic everywhere… “…but even Peter Pan had to grow up one day. ↗

— James A. Owen

#childhood #inspirational #jack #life #peter-pan

Life is a constant process of dying. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#life

I'm either hopelessly misunderstood or an idiot. ↗

— Raine Maida

#music #life

Dance with the Devil ↗

— Breaking Benjamin

#music