“He turned to Edwin. "You know, the stuff you just told me makes more sense than all the weird things the counselors and psychologist have told me in school and at the detention center."
Edwin tapped Cole's shoulder with the broken stick. "That's because those people still think you can get rid of the left end of the stick.”
― quote from Touching Spirit Bear
“all my parents do is drink. They hate me. Do you know what it's like waking up every morning knowing you're not good enough? there are only two things wrong with me-everything I do and everything I say. They'll never be happy until I'm dead”
― quote from Touching Spirit Bear
“Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself.”
― quote from Touching Spirit Bear
“What you focus on becomes reality. Everybody carries anger inside. But also happiness. Those who focus on anger will always be angry. Those who focus on happiness will-”
― quote from Touching Spirit Bear
“Animals can teach us more about ourselves than any teacher.”
― quote from Touching Spirit Bear
“Why live if you can’t help others and make the world a better place?”
― quote from Touching Spirit Bear
“Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it.”
― quote from Touching Spirit Bear
“People change two ways --- with slow persistent pressure, or with a single and sudden traumatic experience.”
― quote from Touching Spirit Bear
“Animals can teach us more about ourselves than any teacher.” He”
― quote from Touching Spirit Bear
“They looked like the people you see on the six o’clock news—refugees, sent to wait in some strange ugly place, with all their boxes and sacks around them. It suddenly occurred to me that this was just the way it must have been for the real Holy Family, stuck away in a barn by people who didn’t much care what happened to them. They couldn’t have been very neat and tidy either, but more like this Mary and Joseph”
― Barbara Robinson, quote from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
“Yes"
Somehow, I wasn't surprised to hear his low voice. I opened my eyes, and Asher's fierce, unblinking stare held me captive. I couldn't think while trapped by the power of that intent look.
"Yes what?"
"Yes, you're worth dying for.”
― Corrine Jackson, quote from Touched
“Suddenly, madness was everywhere, and I was determined to learn about the impact it had on the way society evolves. I've always believed society to be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it isn't? What if it is built on insanity?”
― Jon Ronson, quote from The Psychopath Test
“Honey, she says, honest ain’t the half of what I’m not.”
― Joshua Gaylord, quote from Exit Kingdom
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. —Mary Oliver”
― Brigid Schulte, quote from Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time
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