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“Things usually work out best if you first have a good grip of yourself, before trying to get a good grip of someone else.”

“What if everything you’re going through is preparing you for everything you asked for?”

“But things work out, you know. Even if it doesn’t feel OK for a long time, or even if it feels like things will never be OK again, (things) work out in the end.”

“Have you ever had that feeling— that you’d like to go to a whole different place and become a whole different self?”

“When you least expect it something great will come along. Something better than you ever planned for. Be patient. Be smart. Stay focused.”

“You have to get to a point where your mood doesn’t shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else.”

“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”

“You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.”