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This week, especially, I am looking forward to reading others' lists and seeing what they chose. I am horrible about keeping track of book quotes I like so I know I've forgotten/misplaced/missed out on some great ones.
Here's my Top Ten:
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“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
— A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
“Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.”
— Fannie Flagg, The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion
"Just because something isn’t practical doesn’t mean it’s not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough. "
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Stephanie Perkins: Lola and the Boy Next Door
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"I think maybe everybody falls. I think maybe we all do. And I don’t think that’s the asking. I think the asking is whether we get back up again."
-Patrick Ness: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
“A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means I survived.”
— Chris Cleave, Little Bee
“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
— A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
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“A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.”
Amit Ray, World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird
“If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?”
— Malala Yousafzai: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
“Life is hard, but it's also crazy-beautiful. Fight for your best life. You deserve it.”
- Carmen Rodrigues, 34 Pieces of You
Please leave a comment and link me to your Top Ten post and/or tell me some of your favorite inspiring quotes!
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