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"If you should not take your thoughts seriously, then why the thoughts of others?"
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"When you accept employment, you are admitting that you cannot think or develop yourself."

"She wasn't kind of lady that depended on a man and I think that's what made her so irrestible to them, any man she had loved she wanted ~ and the men that loved her back couldn't handle not being needed, so she showed them the door and grew her own wings as they walked out. Love to her isn't a maybe thing, nor is it attachment and any man whom thinks he will ever own her would be best not to try at all."

"No girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it's every girl for herself."

"I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine."

"I wanted both things: strength in my independence and also this new desire. This felt like the beginning of a new kind of love."

"If your treated like a puppet find a new ball of string."

"I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do."

"Because I feared I couldn't walk to Newton Centre without her, I needed to hike through desert, snow and woods alone.Childhood is a wilderness."

"True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, 'this is my own'! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but having a feeling that we can use it without obstruction, or being asked to return the favor."

"Because if it is to spite her,' Biddy pursued, 'I should think -but you know best- that might be better and more independently done by caring nothing for her words. And if it is to gain her over, I should think -but you know best- she was not worth gaining over."
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"The hardest thing to do in the world is overcome the mind but it just so happens that it's also the most rewarding."

"Don't get caught in "Waiting". When I 'Get This' then I will be able to fully 'Live'. Escape the time dominant mind by fully being here 'NOW'."

"If my mind was in your body going through the same circumstances. I would act differently, and likewise. Judging in nature is separation."

"When you read a book put all of your effort into staying present and focus your energy towards the comprehension of each and every word and how you can apply it into your daily life."

"The deletion of logic is through....LoveAcceptanceForgiveness Compassion Understanding Faith in the unknownPresent Moment Living Conscious Breathing."

"When you accept discomfort of whatever moment that you are in. The power of that surrender, that letting go of desiring to be in a different situation than the one your in.........will set you free from the hell of your unconscious."

"I searched for a deeper existence. What I found was myself. The next moment the journey towards self discovery began all over again."

"Be willing to sacrifice everything. Detach from everything to be willing to become more than you THINK that you are. To live differently."

"Don't let your imperfections conveniently excuse you from having discipline. Have the courage to work through your imperfections."
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