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"How much better does being alive get then sitting beside a warm fire amidst a misty rainy morning."
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"Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier."
"After which, satisfied with the way he had conducted himself at Meung, free of remorse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for the future, he went to bed and slept the sleep of the just."
"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content."
"It was best to appreciate what you had and not yearn for more."
"Happiness is in contentment, gratitude, and love. It is a lifestyle, not a location."
"The foundation of joyful independence is being content with yourself, self-love."
"At the end of the day, I just want to sit with someone I love and chat about what matters and even what doesn't."
"I like life, it's wonderous and chaotic and somewhere in the middle I've created a safe place to do my thing in the world ~ I can't ask for much more & I am already so thankful when everything I got."
"I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds."
"It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace."
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"It's a fool who thinks that having a kid is a right, which is the biggest crock of fishheads I've ever heard. You have a responsibility, not only to a person but also to a spirit because that's what a child is. A pissing, crying, yawning, giggling, laughing package of spirit that is looking for you to take the lead. It's a heck of a responsibility to look after a spirit."
"There are hard days to live. You awake to a day when you feel you've done it all before, and you're going to do it again, so why do it at all."
"There's so much to learn. So much to enjoy. So terribly much to be curious about. Take your life and run with it. Make a habit of being alive. This much of anything, I have learned. And am still learning."
"Money. It fits around your neck like some permanent noose. always waiting for your next misstep."
"Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to."
"There are hard days to live. And sometimes they will be just a few, and sometimes they will seem endless. And eventually you'll come to understand that we've all been there before - or more than likely are going there now. And maybe that idea will make it easier for you, and maybe it won't. But there will still be hard days to live, and you will still have to find your way through them."
"Don't spoil kids by trying to buy them off, to buy their time. Kids aren't stupid. They know a bribe when they see one. They want a parent not a payoff."
"It's a heck of a responsibility to look after a spirit. So give kids the best of who you are. That's the most you can ever do."
"Enjoy what you are learning and doing. This is one of the hardest concepts in the entire world to understand. Harder yet to put into practice."
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