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I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away-


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Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.



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She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.



Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.



The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.



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We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.



We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.



I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.



We love because it's the only true adventure.

We love because it's the only true adventure.



You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.



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