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“I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no errand for me.”
Source : Interview with David Steinberg, www.nearbycafe.com. May 25, 1994.
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“To see the light we must first acknowledge that we are in the dark.”
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“It is necessary for all of us to awaken in ourselves this spirit of cooperation, for then it will not be a mere plan or agreement which causes us to work together, but an extraordinary feeling of togetherness, the sense of joy in being and doing together without any thought of reward or punishment.”
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“When you're young, you think that sex is the culmination of intimacy. Later you discover that it's barely the beginning.”
Source : Peter Høeg (2010). “Smilla's Sense of Snow: A Novel”, p.450, Macmillan
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“Whatever my life looks like, I want it to be real and big and full. I want when, if I get hit by a car, I want to know that I have deep and real friendships, people to visit me in the hospital.”
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“Children of the mentally ill learn early on how not to be a bother, especially if they grew up with neglect. As my sister insisted once, when she was in severe pain after injuring her ankle, 'This isn't me! This is not who I am!”
Source : Mira Bartok (2011). “The Memory Palace: A Memoir”, p.266, Simon and Schuster
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“Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.”
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“I used to be the definition of a people pleaser. I would say 'yes' to anything and everything and then, when I got home, I'd complain and vent to my family. I had to realise that it's okay to say 'no' sometimes.”