Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I remember in junior high school, which is what we called it, suddenly I was looking at myself, almost through other people's eyes, and thought: how does the world see me? So that was one of the things I was really interested in, when I was writing Goodbye Stranger.

Rebecca Stead's Popular Quotes

When something works for you, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope that it will work for someone else.

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Mom. She always says to look at the big picture. How all of the little things don't matter in the long run. . . I know that Mom is right about the bi…

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Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other.

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The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story, changing the w…

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Pajamas are good for the soul.

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Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.

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I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.

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But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.

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Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.

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