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“It seemed both proper and at the same time deeply unfair that so much of life was left to chance.”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“The path out of hell is through misery,â€� writes University of Washington psychologist and researcher Marsha Linehan, the founder of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. “By refusing to accept the misery that is part of climbing out of hell, you fall back into hell.â€� The path out of hell is through misery. Excuse me? What is that supposed to mean? It means that you have to start by “radically acceptingâ€� where you are right now. Radical acceptance means that you don’t fight what you’re feeling in this moment.”
― Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict
― Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict

“two people hardly ever want the same thing at any given point in life.”
― Walk the Blue Fields
― Walk the Blue Fields

“Likewise, parents are not wise oracles—they’re just people trying to shepherd other people through the world. We may know the right path to take, but knowing the way and consistently walking it are two different things. Everything we learn, we learn from someone who is imperfect.”
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful

“Hope always was the last thing to die;”
― Walk the Blue Fields
― Walk the Blue Fields

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