When you are describing a shape, or sound, or tint, don’t state the matter plainly, but put it in a hint. And learn to look at all things with a sort of mental squint.

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"Do you know, I always thought unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before! Well, now that we have seen each other, if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you."

- Lewis Carroll

Belief

"One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others."

- Lewis Carroll

Compassion

"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.'"

- Lewis Carroll

Compassion

"One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others."

- Lewis Carroll

Compassion

"Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle."

- Lewis Carroll

Self-awareness

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

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"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

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"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

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"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

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"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

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