Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along. ― E.M. Forster

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So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow. ― Rainbow Rowell,

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If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure. ― Philip Pullman

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Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. ― Emily Dickinson

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The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be. ― Leo Babauta

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What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie. ― Tana French

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You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. ― Shonda Rhimes

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I missed you, Angel. Not one day went by that I didn't feel you missing from my life. You haunted me to the point that I began to believe Hank had gone back on his oath and killed you. I couldn't escape you and I didn't want to. You tortured me, but it was better than losing you. ― Becca Fitzpatrick

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They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming. ― Hermann Hesse

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