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How to Walk Away

Katherine Center

Top 10 Best Quotes

“When you don't know what to do for yourself, do something for somebody else.”

“It's the trying that heals you. That's all you have to do. Just try.”

“More than anything, I know that you just have to choose to make the best of things. You get one life, and it only goes forward. And there really are all kinds of happy endings.”

“I would never tell you that the life you wanted couldn't have been exactly as great as you planned. But you have to live the life you have. You have to find inspiration in the struggle, and pull joy out of the hardship. [...] Because that's all we can do: Carry the sorrow when we have to, and absolutely savor the joy when we can.”

“Because that’s all we can do: carry the sorrow when we have to, and absolutely savor the joy when we can. Life is always, always both.”

“You can’t ask someone to love you or be there for you or do the right thing—and you certainly can’t guilt them into it. Either they will or they won’t.”

“Needing to find reasons to live had forced me to build a life worth living.”

“The worst thing about sleeping, after something terrible happens, is that sleeping makes you forget. Which is fine, until you wake up.”

“I have a theory that we are at our meanest when we feel threatened.”

“It's strange that I could have laughed so hard under those circumstances, during that very dark moment in my life. But I've decided sorrow can make things funnier. Endure enough hardship, and you start really needing a good laugh.”

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Book Keywords:

life-purpose, healing, hope, laughter, darkness, inspirational, meaning-in-life, sorrow

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