Ma Perfectly Imperfect Vie

December 11
“ You make yourself strong because it’s expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be. Jodi Picoult (Vanishing Acts)

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December 10
“ But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begin. Mitch Albom (For One More Day)

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“ We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It’s easy. The first girl I ever loved was someone I knew in sixth grade. Her name was Missy; we talked about horses. The last girl I love will be someone I haven’t even met yet, probably. They all count. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. These are the most important people in your life, and you’ll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years. But there’s still one more tier to all this; there is always one person you love who becomes that definition. It usually happens retrospectively, but it happens eventually. This is the person who unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other people, even if some of these loveable qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable. The person who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different than anyone else, and they’re often just the person you happen to meet the first time you really, really, want to love someone. But that person still wins. They win, and you lose. Because for the rest of your life, they will control how you feel about everyone else. Chuck Klosterman (via myquotelibrary)

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“ I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you’re single among a room full of couples. Emily Giffin (Baby Proof)

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“ It’s all right to love someone who doesn’t love you back, as long as they’re worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it. Cassandra Clare (Clockwork Angel)

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“ The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey (via myquotelibrary)

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“ I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn’t mean anything? What then? Neil Gaiman (Coraline)

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“ You can’t force love, I realized. It’s there or it isn’t. If it’s not there, you’ve got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you’ve got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love. Richelle Mead (Frostbite)

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“ The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all. Mulan (via myquotelibrary)

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December 7
“ But who can say what’s best? That’s why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives. Haruki Murakami (Norweigan Wood)

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December 6
“ So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie)

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“ Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruelest irony. Douglas Coupland (Shampoo Planet)

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December 4
“ None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are. Anne Rice (The Vampire Lestat)

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“ When love is not madness it is not love. Pedro Calderon de la Barca (via myquotelibrary)

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December 3

You are so scared of losing everything that it doesn’t mean anything. ~ Factory Girl