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"Here was a boy who liked flaws, who saw them not as failings but as strengths. Who knew such a person could exist, or what would have happened if we'd found each other under different circumstances? Maybe in a perfect world. But not in this one."
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"Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment."

"The closest thing to perfection is imperfection."

"It's not that I've been invited to the hole I'm standing in. It's that I accepted the invitation."

"Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it."

"If you dream of becoming perfect, you never will.Be satisfied with being imperfect and that will make you perfect."

"The fullness of life's balancing grace will demand the symmetry of recompense for all your loss and pain."

"Pain dutifully reminds me that the world is terribly imperfect, but it faithfully helps me appreciate the world on those days when it's a little closer to being perfect."

"Be open minded like the sky. Be accepting like the ocean. Be loving like a flower."

"If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone."

"You do not need to make everyone happy, because you are not paid for."
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