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"Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human."
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"He held out a shaky and worn hand and she met it with one of her young and inexperienced ones."
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"We have to help the one who has fallen, we should not question 'why did you fall?"
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"He sometimes wondered if she had become involved with him just so that she could cry in someone's arms. Maybe she can't cry alone, and that's why she needs me."
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"An open heart has greater power than a clenched fist."
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"When you learn to kill animals, you are unconsciously teaching cruelty to other creations."
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"Before hurting an animal, feel her pain and see her tears. Then question your conscience."
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"You don't do kind deeds expecting kindness in return. You don't do kind deeds because you deem the recipient worthy. You do kind deeds because it's who you are, and because you understand the powerful difference your gentle hand makes in this dreary world."
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"Wisdom without Christ brings bitterness, with Christ it brings compassion."
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"Approaching others with a loving heart enables you to be more caring, compassionate, and empathetic. What's not to love about that?"
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"Have compassion for people as long as you are one of them too."
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"Macy: "In Truth, I said, "there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.Wes: "How do you win? he askedMacy: "That, I said, "is such a boy question."
Truth
"Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push, so to speak."
Destiny
"Restoring order of my personal universe suddenly seemed imperative, as I refolded my T-shirts, stuffed the toes of my shoes with tissue paper, and arranged all the bills in my secret stash box facing the same way, instead of tossed in sloppy and wild, as if by my evil twin. All week, I kept making lists and crossing things off them, ending each day with a sense of great accomplishment eclipsed only by complete and total exhaustion."
Order
"The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote."
Emotion
"Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place."
Emotion
"Earlier in the summer, I'd found the syllabi to a couple of the courses I was taking at Defriese in the fall, and I'd hunted down a few of the texts at the U bookstore, figuring it couldn't hurt to acquaint myself with the material."
Education
"Isn't it weird? The way you remember things when it's gone."
Memory
"I knew from experience that no matter how much you turn things in your head, trying to make sense of them, some people just defy all logic."
Perception
"What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back."
Growth
"I knew that in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late again. I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome."
Hope
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