"I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel."

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Source : Gloria Naylor (2017). “Bailey's Cafe: A Novel”, p.147, Open Road Media

Gloria Naylor

#Life Quotes #Believe Quotes #Grieving Quotes

“I had a very marginal understanding of what faith in God was growing up because, although I went to a Catholic school, without having parents who really were actively involved in faith there was no reinforcement of it. So, as a result of that I guess I just kind of thought that God was somebody that you put in a box and you put Him on a shelf and you called on him when you had crises.”
“My favourite thing in the world, apart from my wife and kids, is writing songs. Ever since I was a kid.”
“No one can know what happiness is if you have not gone through the disappointmentOne can only savor the victory if he has felt the bitter defeat.”
“Life's full of loss, who knows the cost, living in the memory of the love that never was.”
“The thing about faith is that you have to have it before you need it.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 22, 2015
“You can domesticate your body, but you can't domesticate your face - even by having a lift or having your nose bobbed. A face bears the reflection of our nature, which in the beginning is veiled by the attractiveness of youth. But as soon as youth begins to go, everything written on the face starts to come to the surface, and pretty soon it's engraved there. No landscape can equal a human face that's been molded by its own owner.”
“So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness.”
“Self esteem is not the same as being self centered, self absorbed or selfish. Self esteem is also not complacency or overconfidence, both of which and set us up for failure. Self esteem is a strong motivator to work hard. Self esteem is related to mental health and happiness.”

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