It has been stupidly difficult to let go, but that is what has been needed. I had allowed myself to get overanxious, clutching at what seemed sure to pass, and clutching is the surest way to murder love.

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"There is a wilder solitude in winter, / When every sense is pricked alive and keen."

- May Sarton

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"The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever."

- May Sarton

Balance

"Loneliness is the poverty of self. Solitude is the richness of self."

- May Sarton

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"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."

- May Sarton

Personal Growth

"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be."

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"The spell will be broken, the Beast will cease to exist, and I will become a prince once more, if she can learn to love and be loved in return."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Love is not a choice, but a force that binds souls together."

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