Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).
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Jess C. Scott
Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment..'dreaming that love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck in...
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Bell Hooks
Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not...
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M. Scott Peck
Life is a long lesson in humility.
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J.m. Barrie
I used to think the world was broken down by tribes, ' I said. 'By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who...
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Sherman Alexie
More Quotes By Craig Thompson
How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.
Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school.
And that's my comfort--that someone else was there and experienced the same thing. How else could I know it was real and not merely a dream?
I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.
