She was obsessed with the idea of breaking with everything she had ever known or experienced, and starting on something new.

Boris Pasternak

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Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.

Ellen DeGeneres

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Uncertainty is the essence of life and it fuels opportunity.

Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Thich Nhat Hanh

When I began to hear voices, I thought of the voices as from something of that source (aliens)... Well, you see, it's really my subconscious talking. It was really that, and I, of course, know that now.

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