Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired. Smile, even when you're trying not to cry and the tears are blurring your vision. Sing, even when people stare at you and tell you your voice is crappy. Trust, even when...
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Alysha Speer
Running ain't no bad thing. Leastways if you run in the right direction.
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Mark Lawrence
I’ll tell you another secret, this one for your own good. You may think the past has something to tell you. You may think that you should listen, should strain to make out its whispers, should bend over backward, stoop down low to hear its...
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Lauren Oliver
Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.
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Criss Jami
Wherever I go, I meet myself.
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Dejan Stojanovic
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My novel, which I had started with such hope shortly after publishing my first book of stories, wouldn't budge past the 75-page mark. Nothing I wrote past page 75 made any kind of sense. Nothing. Which would have been fine if the first 75 pages...
