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~ Sunday, May 19 ~
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“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
—  E.E. Cummings

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

E.E. Cummings

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~ Sunday, May 12 ~
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“He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.”
—  F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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~ Sunday, May 5 ~
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“I wondered if I would spend the rest of my life inventing complicated ways to depress myself.” 
― Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You

“I wondered if I would spend the rest of my life inventing complicated ways to depress myself.” 

― Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You

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~ Sunday, April 28 ~
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“I wanted you to see what real courage is… It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“I wanted you to see what real courage is… It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”

- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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~ Sunday, April 21 ~
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“… it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.”
—  John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“… it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.”

John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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~ Sunday, April 14 ~
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“People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”
—  Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems

“People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”

Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems

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~ Sunday, April 7 ~
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“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”
— Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”

Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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~ Sunday, March 31 ~
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“Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I’ll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.”
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I’ll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.”

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

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~ Sunday, March 24 ~
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“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother’s approval, a father’s nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.”
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven 

“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother’s approval, a father’s nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.”

― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven 

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~ Sunday, March 17 ~
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“I wish I had the courage not to fight and doubt everything… I wish, just once, I could say, ‘This. This is good enough.’”
—  Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

“I wish I had the courage not to fight and doubt everything… I wish, just once, I could say, ‘This. This is good enough.’”

Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

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~ Thursday, January 17 ~
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“‘You… are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.’”
—  Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

“‘You… are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.’”

Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

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~ Wednesday, January 16 ~
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“It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn’t have something in the first place. I guess that’s what disappointment is — a sense of loss for something you never had.”
—  Deb Caletti, The Nature Of Jade

“It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn’t have something in the first place. I guess that’s what disappointment is — a sense of loss for something you never had.”

Deb Caletti, The Nature Of Jade

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~ Tuesday, January 15 ~
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“In your life you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some that you wish you never have to think about again. But you do.”
—  C.S. Lewis

“In your life you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some that you wish you never have to think about again. But you do.”

C.S. Lewis

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~ Monday, January 14 ~
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“We all create stories to protect ourselves.”
—  Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“We all create stories to protect ourselves.”

Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

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~ Sunday, January 13 ~
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“There are some things about myself that I can’t explain to anyone. There are some things I don’t understand at all. I can’t tell what I think about things or what I’m after. I don’t know what my strengths are or what I’m supposed to do about them. But if I start thinking about these things in too much detail, the whole thing gets scary. And if I get scared, I can only think about myself. I become really self-centered, and without meaning to, I hurt people. So I’m not such a wonderful human being.”
—  Haruki Murakami, A Slow Boat To China

“There are some things about myself that I can’t explain to anyone. There are some things I don’t understand at all. I can’t tell what I think about things or what I’m after. I don’t know what my strengths are or what I’m supposed to do about them. But if I start thinking about these things in too much detail, the whole thing gets scary. And if I get scared, I can only think about myself. I become really self-centered, and without meaning to, I hurt people. So I’m not such a wonderful human being.”

Haruki Murakami, A Slow Boat To China

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