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2.) The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore. Robert J. Sawyer
3.) Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. Michel de Montaigne
1.) If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again. Sharon Salzberg
2.) You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others. Holly Lisle
3.) When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway
4.) We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders. Maya Angelou
5.) The future will be better tomorrow. Dan Quayle
That was interesting.
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Date: 2009-09-13 03:58 am (UTC)I like number 3 best. It says it just right.
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Date: 2009-09-13 04:13 am (UTC)1 and 2 were the easiest quotes to choose, though. They kind of jumped out at me. They say exactly what I needed them to say, I think.
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Date: 2009-09-13 04:50 am (UTC)But I would say 5 is about you.
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Date: 2009-09-13 04:59 am (UTC)Yeah, that's what I thought. <3
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Date: 2009-09-13 05:06 am (UTC)I found this one too: Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. -John Barrymore
You sneaked in. ♥
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Date: 2009-09-13 05:11 am (UTC)I'm very sneaky. But I sort of knocked. And you let me in. :P
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Date: 2009-09-13 05:16 am (UTC)You did. And I did. Because you brought me flours. ;)
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Date: 2009-09-13 05:18 am (UTC)Also I didn't want you to be mad at me.
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Date: 2009-09-13 05:29 am (UTC)I was still mad. But it didn't last long. I can never stay mad at you.
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Date: 2009-09-13 09:35 pm (UTC)...I'm calling this OTC because Cissie knows Dick better there. ;)
Date: 2009-09-13 11:38 pm (UTC)No, I know you're right. It's a work in progress still, I think. Dropping the self-recrimination and guilt is harder than it makes it sound. And--it's hard for me to take praise or credit or whatever about it. If that makes sense. But I'm working on it.
Fair enough!
Date: 2009-09-13 11:46 pm (UTC)Re: Fair enough!
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