Ben Sherwood Quotes
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But at the bottom in surrender so complete there is no coherent thought, no real pain, no feeling, just exhaustion, just waiting, there is something else. Warmth/light/softness. Acceptance, by me, of me. Rest. After a while, some strength. Enough, for now.
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Fourth, lucky people have a special ability to turn bad luck into good fortune. Of all four defining factors involved in luck, Wiseman believes this one plays the most important role in survival.
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These were her rituals, the rutines that made her feel alive and connected. Without them, where would she be? Lost
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That's death and life, you see. We all shine on. You just have to release your hearts, alert your senses, and pay attention. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice all the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. Qualcuno ti ama. Somebody loves you.
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My patients are people who live on the edge of survival and beyond.
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The third rule underscores the Japanese proverb that adversity makes a jewel of you.
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They even come equipped with a built-in antibiotic called squalamine that helps them resist infections.
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In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life.
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My definition of survivor encompasses people going through difficult times and also the friends and family who stand beside them. In the cancer community, they’re called cosurvivors or secondary patients.
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...the enduring human need to be remembered.
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There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so.
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On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting.
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That is the inescapable math of tragedy and the multiplication of grief. Too many good people die a little when they lose someone they love. One death begets two or twenty or one hundred. It's the same all over the world.
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When you can’t fight or flee you flow.
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Let's make one perfect day. And if it feels right, let's make another one tomorrow.
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Now turn the page, come along on the ride, and let me tell you about the death and life of Charlie St. Cloud.
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...Charlie still smiled at the urn above the cash register with a gold plaque that said: ASHES OF PROBLEM CUSTOMERS.
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And I was even beginning to think home might be with you.
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A time for every occupation under heaven. A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted; a time for tears, a time for laughter; a time for mourning, a time for dancing; a time for searching, a time for losing; a time for loving, a time for hating.
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We chase wild dreams and long for all that eludes us, when the greatest joys are within our grasp, if we can only recognize them.
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And just as he done for thriteen years, he forced his mind to ignore the hurt.
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Nothing had changed. Everything had changed.
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When that day come, we'll be waiting. Waiting for Charlie St. Cloud to come home to us. Until then we offer these parting words... May he live in peace.