I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

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Healing begins where the wound was made.

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No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world. We are one people.

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Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

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Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

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We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

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There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

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People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

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What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

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