

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”
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“When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen:
There will be something solid for you to stand upon, or, you will be taught to fly.”
― The Leaning Tree
There will be something solid for you to stand upon, or, you will be taught to fly.”
― The Leaning Tree

“Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you.”
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“I consider myself a stained-glass window. And this is how I live my life. Closing no doors and covering no windows; I am the multi-colored glass with light filtering through me, in many different shades. Allowing light to shed and fall into many many hues. My job is not to direct anything, but only to filter into many colors. My answer is destiny and my guide is joy. And there you have me.”
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“Ultimate vulnerability. That’s manly.”
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

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