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My All Time Favourite Quotes

Do you ever find that sometimes you just need a tad of inspiration?  Well this post will be my ongoing list of ultimate quotes, I will update it as I am inspired :)

  1. "When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream."  John Lennon
  2. “And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.” Dr Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  3. "Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more." Erica Jong
  4. "We have all become people according to the measure in which we have loved people and have had occasion for loving." Boris Pasternak
  5. "I love you, not only for what you are, But for what I am when I am with you." Roy Croft
  6. "Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is" - Oscar Wilde
  7.  "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't" Erica Jong

  8. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us" Ralph Waldo Emerson
  9. "The more you take responsibility for your past and present, the more you are able to create the future you seek" - unknown  
  10. "When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman." - Joss Whedon
  11. “Forrest Gump: My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on."

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