I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

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Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

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The soul is awakened through service.

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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.

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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more

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The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

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Because I loved myself, I was loved.

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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.

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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.

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