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"What was it like to be so confident even in your failings that you weren't the least bit bothered when other people pointed them out? I was almost envious."
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"You're not interesting in the least," she spat. "I don't need to be," I smiled. "That's what you need...And you're welcome to it."
"An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken!"
"Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit."
"You've turned into quite a bossy little thing," Myrnin said. "I think I might like it."
"Just because everyone is behaving like a clown, it doesn't mean you have to join the circus."
"Be gentle, confident and action-oriented. Remember, your actions will make a difference."
"I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence."
"You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine."
"You don't need to put on make-up to make you look pretty. All you need to do is put on a smile and that will make you pretty in anyone's book."
"Always act like you are the king of your own world that you created on the day of your birth. Enjoy your kingdom."
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"He had a nice smile. Seeing it, I felt like I'd won a prize, because he was so sparing with them."
"She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they were still dark-rimmed., haunted, and sad. Most of all though, they were familiar. The fact that we were in front of hundreds of strangers changed nothing at all. I'd spent a summer with those same eyes-scared, lost, confused-staring back at me. I would have known them anywhere."
"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."
"Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you."
"You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place."
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