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The Woman in Me

by Britney Spears

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Not the Mother I Remember: A Memoir

by Amber Lea Starfire (ﾀﾏｻ｢ｻ昀ﾈﾓｮｷｽｷｨ Author)

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Interior Castle

by Teresa de ﾃ」ila

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Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

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“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

tags: infinity, perception

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“Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.”
― Roger Tory Peterson

tags: birds, flying, freedom, wings

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“The winged beasts and angels know, that mortals cannot fly.
But how I flew to see the sun; a broken bird am I.”
― Craig Froman, An Owl on the Moon: A Journal From the Edge of Darkness

tags: angels, beasts, bird, fly, mortals, wings

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“Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

tags: birds, book, books, fail, failure, flight, flow, fly, fly-high, food-for-thought, important, inform, information, israelmore-ayivor, knowledge, leader, leaders, leadership, learn, learner, learners, learning, personal-development, self-improvement, study, success, successful, useful, wings, wisdom

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“After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

tags: anxiety, happiness, love, torment

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