Christopher PriestI had imagined myself into existence. I wrote because of an inner need, and that need was to create a clearer vision of myself, and in writing I became what I wrote.
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When we think that we are not good enough, we can either keep trying to improve or we can let ourselves be and accept ourselves. The latter is the most difficult of the two and this quote is a way to do so.
Source: The Affirmation
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