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Birds Without Wings

by Louis de Bernières

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Dec 04, 2012 08:29AM

“People will insist on building high and wide barriers directly in your path, often with the intent of closing you in. If you treat these obstacles like fencing walls, they will prove mightily so. I choose to see them as grand towers meant to be scaled and conquered, providing an added victory as well as a great view of the journey ahead.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

tags: attitude, barricades, barriers, determination, fences, journey, life, obstacles, perseverance, perspective, richelle, richelle-e-goodrich, richelle-goodrich, road-to-success, victory

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“Change, like healing, takes time.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

tags: change, healing, tobias-eaton

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“The bridge between the words glamour and grammar is magic. According to the OED, glamour evolved through an ancient association between learning and enchantment.”
― Roy Peter Clark, The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

tags: definition, enchantment, etymology, glamour, grammar, learning

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