Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself.

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"Every life is noted and is cherished, and nothing loved is ever lost or perished."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Love

"Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Love

"Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Awareness

"If we aren’t capable of being hurt, we aren’t capable of feeling joy."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Awareness

"If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Self-awareness

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"We are all capable of change, both in our actions and our hearts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Personal Growth

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

- Paulo Coelho

Personal Growth

"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."

- Clayton M. Christensen

Personal Growth

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

- Arianna Huffington

Personal Growth

"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."

- Mark Twain

Personal Growth