"Let yourself be gutted. Let it open you. Start here."

-- Cheryl Strayed

“It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.”
“Theres monsters in all of us, but theres also vulnerability.”
“Everyday I meet folks who show me how to look at challenges differently.”

Source : "Life Sucks? Perfect Time To Give!" by Daryn Kagan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2010.
“When I can't sleep I count the buckles on my straightjacket.”

Source : Cathie Linz (2006). “Bad Girls Don't”, p.192, Penguin
“Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact... These young people have jumped the fence and found no cliff. And the disrespect for the possession laws fosters a disrespect for laws and the system in general... On top of this is the distinct impression among the youth that some police may use the marihuana laws to arrest people they don't like for other reasons, whether it be their politics, their hair style or their ethnic background.”
“You cannot tie your fiance to the railroad track of self-reflection and personal improvement.”
“A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.”

Source : "Brenton Thwaites and Odeya Rush on 'The Giver'". Interview with Matt Fagerholm, www.rogerebert.com. August 11, 2014.
“Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past and as far afield as the Great Wall of China. With the restless curiosity and meticulous scholarship that have become her hallmark, the author once again has found a gap in my bookshelf and filled it, admirably.”

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