Ezmia, on behalf of everyone in this room, I apologize for what the world put you through, and I forgive you for all the havoc you caused trying to heal,” Alex said. “I’m sorry your family was killed when you were a little girl. I’m sorry no one was there to comfort you when you had your heart broken over and over again. I’m sorry the fairies never showed you the kindness they showed everyone else. And I’m sorry you felt revenge was the only way you could piece yourself together again.
But we should do what we can, and not torture ourselves over the things we can’t.
Misery is like an animal, it needs food to survive – so starve it.
Jesus,” Cash said. “There isn’t a Taylor Swift song to get you through that one.
Promise me you won’t waste the rest of your lives pleasing other people, because if you do, you’ll wake up one day and realize you’ve never really lived. Trust me, you don’t want to learn that lesson the way I did.
But living without a heart means you cannot feel at all,” the Tin Woodman said. “It may spare you from grief, or loneliness, or misery, or longing, or fear – but you do not enjoy, or laugh, or excite, or love. And one who cannot love is just an object.
Because an invisible butler and a goat led me to a pumpkin in a witch’s closest!
In truth, the leaders were delighted their people had something besides government to direct their anger toward.
She’s not sailing with a full set of sails, is she?” the captain asked.
Alex, get ahold of yourself,” she whispered under her breath. “Just because you’re a fourteen-year-old girl doesn’t mean you need to think like one. He just wants a walk, not marriage.
And you don’t have to anymore – none of us do! Stop carrying all that shame around! Stop wanting to change yourself! Stop worrying no one will love the real you! None of us have anything to be ashamed of! None of us have to change anything! And we’ll always love and accept each other! So let go of the hate and fear that other people have instilled in you! Let it go so you never have to feel it again!
I know part of you still hates yourself for being different! Part of you still lives in fear of the truth! Part of you still believes you don’t deserve to exist! And part of you still believes you’ll never be loved for who you are! I know how you feel, because we all feel that way!
She wasn’t going to waste any more time living in fear. She wasn’t going to spend another ounce of energy worrying. She was done with waiting and hoping.
WORLDS COLLIDE.
Sometimes in life you’ve got to make a stand, not for your survival, but for your soul. And sometimes we have to stay and fight, not because we think we’ll win, but because it’s what’s right.
To fight for love and acceptance is to know love and acceptance. And anyone who actively tries to steal these qualities from others is admitting they’ve never known love at all. The people who want to hate and hurt us are so deprived of compassion they believe the only way to fill the voids in their hearts is to create voids in the hearts of others. So I render them powerless by refusing to accept their voids.
Every hurricane seems endless from the center of the storm. That’s why it’s so important to talk to people – getting a different perspective can be just as valuable as finding a solution. Now tell me about the things that are troubling you. I may not solve your problems, but I might change how you feel about them.
The approving roar was so loud it actually knocked a man off the windowsill he sat on.
One man may steal because of greed, and another may steal for survival, but they’re both thieves – it doesn’t matter if one has goodness in his heart.
However, if you find you can’t help yourself, there’s no shame in asking others for help. Sometimes asking for help is just as heroic as giving it. There are treatments and therapies and counselors that you could benefit from – but no one finds answers if they’re too afraid to ask the questions. Don’t let your pride tell you otherwise.