"There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light."

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Source : Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.356, Simon and Schuster

Jodi Picoult

#Inspirational Quotes #Recovery Quotes #Dark Quotes

“This point isâ€….â€….â€….â€…crucial,â€Â writes Dweck. â€œIn the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail â€” or if youâ€™re not the best â€” itâ€™s all been wasted. The growth mindset allows people to value what theyâ€™re doing regardless of the outcome.”
“I was a pebble. I was a leaf. I was the jagged branch of a tree. I was nothing to them and they were everything to me.”
“A placated bully is a hand-fed bully.”
“The hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away”
“The core tenant of what I teach is there are no facts inside the building. When we come up with a new idea, we tend to slide into our own reality distortion field to convince ourselves and others. And that's not healthy.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“For me--I hold no commerce with despair!”
“Nothing is proved, all is permitted.”

Source : Theodore Dreiser (2015). “The Titan: Top American Novels”, p.204, 谷月社
“After I got out of the military, I was going to college and doing everything I was supposed to do, but I was completely numb of any emotions. I remember telling my mom, "I don't want to be like this, for the rest of my life." The military enabled me to turn off my emotions, for obvious reasons. That's why we have so many guys coming back who are going through so much. They just can't reconnect.”

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