I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)
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Eve Ensler
You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity.
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Criss Jami
Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.
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Tamora Pierce
I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.
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Cassandra Clare
The distance between your knowledge of truth and your obedience is called lack of integrity. And the amount of negative behavior--or lack of integrity--a person exhibits is directly proportional to their amount of pain." - Tara Leigh's therapist (p.118)
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Tara Leigh Cobble
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How my emotions starred as I played! During one of this tug-of-war contest between knowing right and doing wrong, I wrote the words to a song on my own for the first time.
I felt myself becoming angry too easily. I once saw a couple at a restaurant, and I could tell from their mannerisms that they were having some type of disagreement. I got mad at the guy and wanted to tell him, "Come on — appreciate...
I ate so many Ramen noodles that I wouldn't even touch a package of them now.
I knew that (job) had to be a humbling role for my dad, but he never allowed it to become humiliating work.
She (his future wife) was so deep into the Lord's presence that I felt like an outsider.
