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//i don't want perfect, i want honest.

//and then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her. -jrr tolkien

//the mountains will always be there, the trick is to make sure you are too. -henry voge

//it is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another. - nelson mandela

//i forgot the inside of my soul was painted gold. -matt corby

//never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to face many a danger, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle. - annie besant

//this, this is about my own some-day daughter. when you approach me, already stung-stayed with insecurity, begging, 'mom, will i be pretty? will i be pretty?' i will wipe that question from your mouth like cheap lipstick and answer, 'no! the word pretty is unworthy of everything you will be,' - katie makkai