#son

You gotta face the hand you're dealt with and deal with it, and make your problems be the smallest part of who you are. ↗

— Jack Gantos

#problems #life

But I needed this, Whit. I needed to pay him back. For stealing my life. For stealing our life together. - Celia ↗

— James Patterson

#james-pattereson #patterson #the-fire #whit #wisty

I've been young & dumb, and if I were never called out on it I would now be older and dumber. ↗

— Karen E. Quinones Miller

#life

It felt like there was a dark spot in my heart. Like a bruise. And it was getting deeper and wider with every lie I told. ↗

— Wendelin Van Draanen

#life

Regard mistakes as teachers, not judges! ↗

— Tae Yun Kim

#mistakes #quotes-to-live-by #teachers #life

We tend to be judged because of our actions. ↗

— Roxy Writer

#truth #truth-telling #life

She had come to accept, deeply, and with certitude, that she had been born into a world, a life, that would not let her be whole. ↗

— Guy Gavriel Kay

#personal-journeys #life

Don't become a prisoner of your own reality, set yourself free by creating a life worth living. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#free #life-lessons #living #prisoner #reality

People say, that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you, doesn't kill you. ↗

— Tayari Jones

#life

You don't learn anything just by reading books. You learn only by receiving blows. ↗

— Swami Prajnanpad

#life