We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.

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I wanted you to know that the world in its entirety could never be found in the schools, alone, nor the streets, alone, nor in the trophy case. I wanted you to claim the whole world, as it is. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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I used to have a sign pinned up on my wall that read: Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us...It was all about letting go of everything. ― Pema Chodron

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I think of your grandmother calling me and noting how you were growing tall and would one day try to “test me.” And I said to her that I would regard that day, should it come, as the total failure of fatherhood because if all I had over you were my hands, then I really had nothing at all. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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The deepest wounds aren’t the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people. — Isobelle Carmody

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I finally figured out that not every crisis can be managed. As much as we want to keep ourselves safe, we can't protect ourselves from everything. If we want to embrace life, we also have to embrace chaos. ― Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. — Marianne Williamson

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We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list. — Michelle Obama

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I knew then that I must survive for something more than survival's sake. I must survive for you. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. - Voltaire

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