You are God's chisel; it is you He uses to create masterpieces. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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A star earns the right to shine the day it is born. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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Oh, Issyk-Kul, my Issyk-Kul--my unfinished song! Why did I have to remember that day when I came here with Asel and stopped on the same rise, right above the water? Everything was the same. The blue-and-white waves ran up the yellow shore holding hands. The sun was setting behind the mountains, and at the far end of the lake the water was tinged with pink. The swans wheeled over the water with excited, exultant cries. They soared up and dropped down on outspread wings that seemed to hum. They whipped up the water and started wide, foaming circles. Everything was the same, only there was no Asel with me. Where are you, my slender poplar in a red kerchief, where are you now?

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The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die. ― Susanna Kearsley

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Raise your love so high that anger cannot reach it. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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Stars are born out of dark moments. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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Don't let yesterday’s storm keep you from enjoying today's sunshine. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

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Do what no one else can do and you will become what no one else can become. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man. ― Homer, The Odyssey

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