"It may seem that every time someone offers you a hand up, they just let go and you slip further down."

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Jay Asher

#Letting Go Quotes #Hands Quotes #May Quotes

“(The) chain of command has failed over the years, obviously, for a lot of reasons.”
“Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.”
“When the oldest Chatwin, melancholy Martin, opens the cabinet of the grandfather clock that stands in a dark, narrow back hallway in his auntâ€™s house and slip through into Fillory...itâ€™s like heâ€™s opening the covers of a book, but a book that did what books always promised to do and never ac tually quite did: get you out, really out, of where you were and into something better.”
“Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.”
“Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I might just turn into a fossil, you know!”
“We must cast away everything which hinders us upon our road towards heaven â€“ the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life; the love of riches, pleasures and honors, the spirit of lukewarmness and carelessness and indifference about the things of God â€“ all must be rooted out and forsaken if we are anxious for the prize. We must mortify the deeds of the body, we must crucify our affections for this world.”
“Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.”
“I've suffered from low self-esteem.”

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