People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you’re lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life. — Carrie Ann Moss

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Sons want their fathers' attention until the precise moment when fathers want their sons'. ― Fredrik Backman

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Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. ― Rumi

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Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it. _ Orhan Pamuk

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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.- Joseph Campbell

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Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.- Henry David Thoreau

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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day. — Dalai Lama

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There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. — Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

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My only regrets are the moments when i doubted myself and took the safe route. Life is too short to waste time being unhappy. ― Dan Howell

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