our people diverse and beautiful will emerge, battered and beautiful When day comes we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid. ― Amanda Gorman

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It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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By Goodbye, we truly mean: Let us be able to say hello again. ― Amanda Gorman

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There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to see it. There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to be it. ― Amanda Gorman

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We were told to never use I when writing, because eliminating this voice makes arguments legitimate. But we realize there is nothing that convinces like the self does - our life, our body & its beating, proving it's own jagged point. Tell me what is more powerful than the unerased. ― Amanda Gorman,

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We've learned that quiet isn't always peace. ― Amanda Gorman

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There is no better compass than compassion. ― Amanda Gorman

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Loss is the cost of loving ― Amanda Gorman

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It's said that ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is this: a vine that sneaks up a tree, killing not by poison, but by blocking out its light. ― Amanda Gorman

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That is the promised glade, The hill we climb, if only we dare it: Because being American is more than a pride we inherit— It’s the past we step into, and how we repair it. ― Amanda Gorman

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