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We live in an age of mediocrity. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#live #mediocrity

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. ↗

— Richard Bach

#believe #eyes #find #fly #know

Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life. ↗

— Richard Bach

#life #makes #our #soulmate #who

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. ↗

— Richard Bach

#bond #each #family #joy #life

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. ↗

— Richard Bach

#always #change #choose #different #free

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go. ↗

— Richard Bach

#chosen #events #go #how #learn

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah. ↗

— Richard Bach

#anyone #anything #be true #being #else

But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down. ↗

— Russell Banks

#down #hand #hunt #i #other

I'm so sorry, Henri," I whisper in his ear. I close my eyes. "I love you. I wouldn't have missed a second of it, either. Not for anything," I whisper. "I'm going to take you back yet. Somehow I am going to get you back to Lorien. We always joked about it but you were my father, the best father I could have ever asked for. I'll never forget you, not for a minute for as long as I live. I love you, Henri. I always did. ↗

— Pittacus Lore

#father-and-son #death

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. ↗

— Richard Bach

#behold #changed #fear #i #life