Merle Shain Quotes
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Our strength is in our dreams, and those who do not dare to dream damn themselves.
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Most women would rather have someone whisper their name at optimum moments than rocket with contractions to the moon.
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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.
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Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they turn…
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Until you divest yourself of the notion that you are a collection of needs, an empty vessel that someone else must fill up, there will…
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There are really only two ways to approach life - as victim or as gallant fighter - and you must decide if you want to…
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Loving can cost a lot but not loving always cost more.
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The conflict between what one is and who one is expected to be touches all of us. And sometimes, rather than reach for what one…
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Life is like fording a river, stepping from one slippery stone to another, and you must rejoice every time you don't lose your balance, and…
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Each of us is a seed, a silent promise, and it is always Spring.
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Friends are people who help you be more yourself, more the person you are intended to be.
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One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it…
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It takes great generosity to accept generosity.
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One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you.
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The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we must see that…
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There are some decisions in life that only you can make.
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The answer doesn't lie in learning how to protect ourselves from life-it lies in learning how to become strong enough to let a bit more…
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It takes a lot of mulch, love does, to create a froth.
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Some men are more perfect than others.
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Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less…
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