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Most of us figure out, as we grow up, that we will ultimately belong to (or struggle with) two families: the one we’re born into and the one we make.
— Elyn Saks, The Center Cannot Hold
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If you are walking on a path thick with brambles and rocks, a path that abruptly twists and turns, it’s easy to get lost, or tired, or discouraged. You might be tempted to give up entirely. But if a kind an patient person comes along and takes your hand, saying, “I see you’re having a hard time here, follow me, I’ll help you find your way,” the path becomes manageable, the journey less frightening.
— Elyn Saks, The Center Cannot Hold
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I wondered, how many more were locked up inside, lost, spending whole lifetimes waiting for someone to really see them and recognize them for who they were?
— Elyn Saks, “The Center Cannot Hold”
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In fact, it is not necessarily true that everything can be conquered with willpower. There are forces of nature and circumstance that are beyond our control, let alone our understanding, and to insist on victory in the face of this, to accept nothing less, is just asking for a soul-pummeling. The simple truth is, not every fight can be won.
— Dr. Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold
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Silences in our culture are hard to break.
— Ed Miliband, Leader of the Opposition of the UK House of Commons
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We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.
— Bill Gates
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Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
— Richard Bach
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It’s the day before graduation and I don’t think I’m ready to say goodbye.
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Don’t leave me alone at this time, for I am afraid of what I will discover inside.
— “Roll Away Your Stone”, Mumford & Sons
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Friendship is a priceless gift that cannot be bought nor sold, but its value is far greater than a mountain made of gold; for gold is cold & lifeless - it can neither see nor hear, in time of trouble its powerless to cheer - it has no ears to listen, no heart to understand, it cannot bring you comfort or reach out a helping hand. So when you ask God for a gift, be thankful if He sends not diamonds, pearls or riches but the love of real true friends.
— Muhammad Ali
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It is good to come home, but just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world that we have to live.
— Otori Shigeru, Across the Nightingale Floor
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We don’t always dream of the impossible. Sometimes we dream of the most possible, realistic things, but require the most pain to achieve, or in some cases, witness materialize into reality.
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Dream (n): a visionary creation of the imagination.
b: a state of mind marked by abstraction or release from reality.
c: reality’s opposite.
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I have no idea what I’m supposed to do. I only know what I can do.
— Capt. James T. Kirk, Star Trek: Into Darkness
