To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.― bell hooks,

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To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue and redeem us. True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved. ― bell hooks

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You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude. ― Roy T. Bennett

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I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves "Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment.

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No matter how much you're going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you

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There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.- Maya Angelou

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Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. — Roy T. Bennett

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The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.- Mark Zuckerberg

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. — T. S. Eliot

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