The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning to work on becoming yourself.

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"When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother…When your mother's gone, you've lost your past. It's so much more than love. Even when there's no love, it's so much more than anything else in your life. I did love my mother, but I didn't know how much until she was gone."

- Anna Quindlen

Love

"There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother… Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too."

- Anna Quindlen

Love

""When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother…When your mother's gone, you've lost your past. It's so much more than love. Even when there's no love, it's so much more than anything else in your life. I did love my mother, but I didn't know how much until she was gone.""

- Anna Quindlen

Love

"When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother."

- Anna Quindlen

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"Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first."

- Anna Quindlen

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"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."

- Archer

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"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."

- Roronoa Zoro

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"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"

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