"Our brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it."

-- Henri Nouwen

#Compassion Quotes #Surround Quotes #Brokenness Quotes

“It was my mother who taught me the one worthwhile thing: when they ask if you like what you see in the mirror, pretend that what they mean is what's behind you--the shower curtain, the tile, the wallpaper, whatever's there.”

Source : Gary Lutz (2002). “Stories in the Worst Way”, 3rd Bed Books
“This year women learned that if we aren't at the table, we're on the menu.”

Source : Cecile Richards' Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.
“I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.”
“Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.”
“I think if people really want music they'll search it out.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The Big Bang banged, and for some reason weâ€™re here. And thatâ€™s astonishing. And that we can understand that, thatâ€™s the most astonishing.”
“After that dark woman you search for someone who will fit into the irregular corners of your heart.”
“Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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