"She knows too well what it's like to tamp down your natural inclinations, to force a smile when you feel numb....The expression of emotion does not come naturally, so yo learn to fake it. To pretend. To display an empathy you don't really feel. And so it is that you learn to pass, if you're lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you're broken inside."

-- Christina Baker Kline

#Expression Quotes #Broken Quotes #Fake Quotes

“People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh.”
“You've got to sing like you don't need the money. You've got to love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like there's nobody watching. You've got to come from the heart, if you want it to work.”
“I write because in the act of creation there comes that mysterious, abundant sense of being both parent and child; I am giving birth to an Other and simultaneously being reborn as a child in the playground of creation.”
“I have a big responsibility to my licenses. All my licenses draw from and take ideas from the runway.”
“I was raised with this consciousness of being part of this global Muslim community. At the same time, I didn't even know if I wanted to be Muslim. It was this incredibly complicated moment: I just needed to balance these two things where you care about people on some deep level who are my co-religion and are being killed because of their religion. Then, at the same time, I'm like ah, I don't really know if I want this.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“If you're going to re-invent healthcare you have to start from scratch.”
“Live for each second without hesitation”

Source : Song: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
“You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison.”

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