"When Dawn looked at Vic, she saw Vic exactly as he wanted to be seen. Whereas Vic's parents couldn't help seeing who he used to be, and so many friends and strangers couldn't help seeing who he didn't want to be anymore, Dawn only saw him. Call it a blur if you want, but Dawn didn't see a blur. She saw a very distinct, very clear person."

-- David Levithan

#Parent Quotes #Dawn Quotes #Want Quotes

“Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart, I just don't think it'd understand.”

Source : Billy Ray Cyrus, Todd Gold (2013). “Hillbilly Heart”, p.133, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Having been here before and lost, to be here and win, I've got to tell you, winning is really a lot better than losing. Really a lot better.”
“Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinister current is to break the rules we rigidly establish for ourselves.”
“I'm certainly not very book smart, but I started traveling at 16, and it has enriched me in ways I could never begin to explain.”
“Gymnasts, lazy people, complainers and successful people have all practiced to be what they are good at. So if you keep practicing being lazy, you will be lazy. If you keep practicing complaining, you will constantly complain. If you practice compassion, generosity, patience, working hard and having a bigger vision, you will become better at it with time because you will create the causes to become better. You are practicing to become better.”
“When only cops have guns, it's called a "police state".”

Source : Claire Wolfe (2007). “Freedom Outlaw's Handbook: 179 Things to Do til the Revolution”, p.207, Paladin Press
“It's no coincidence that good words make us feel good and that hurtful or angry words make us feel bad. There is a 100 percent correlation between the words we choose and how we feel.”

Source : Sean Stephenson (2009). “Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself”, p.57, John Wiley and Sons
“...living more sustainably means living happier, more balanced and potentially more fulfilled lives than most of us 'choose' to live today, whatever Jeremy Clarkson may have to say about that!”

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