Quote Contrary to what we may have been taught to...

“Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands.” - bell hooks




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 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.

When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.

Seán O'Casey

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

Stephenie Meyer

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man

T.S. Eliot

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Victor Hugo

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

William Faulkner

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Abraham Lincoln