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To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too. (20)Victoria Moran
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Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself. (250)Victoria Moran
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A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with–that’s poverty–but how efficiently we can put first things first... . When you’re clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it’s clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)Victoria Moran
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I firmly believe that everyone deserves to live within walking distance of either beauty or convenience, if not both. (48)Victoria Moran
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We do children an enormous disservice when we assume that they cannot appreciate anything beyond drive through fare and nutritionally marginal, kid-targeted convenience foods. Our children are capable of consuming something that grew in a garden or on a tree and never saw a deep fryer. They are capable of making it through diner at a sit-down restaurant with tablecloths and no climbing equipment. Children deserve quality nourishment. .Victoria Moran
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[T[his isn’t just “another day, another dollar.” It’s more like “another day, another miracle.” (213)Victoria Moran