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She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself.

She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others’ expectations of yourself.
– Miriam Toews

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  2. Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions. – Miriam Toews
  3. But love, like a mushroom high compared with the buzz from cheap weed, outlasts grief. – Miriam Toews
  4. Let’s not have forced gaiety this Christmas, said Nora, like it was a dish. We’ll have a tiny bit of it, I said. – Miriam Toews
  5. All I knew is that sometimes my father was sad. I hated that he was sad. It made me sad too. I didn’t like sad. – Benjamin Alire Senz
  6. When we let the expectations of others or own unreasonable self-expectations rule, we silence the power of our Legacies. – Joy E DeKok
  7. Don’t let someone feel like they are following you and don’t let yourself feel like you are following someone. – Cyc Jouzy
  8. Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  9. It is not important for life to meet your great expectations. What is important is that you hold high expectations of yourself and meet them greatly. – Roopleen
  10. If you choose to be sad then you will be sad but there times you don’t know why you’re sad. Tears start flowing from your eyes. – Ann Marie Aguilar
  11. Death is beautiful, part of life… No, it is sad. It’s sad when anyone dies. Even though every single human dies. So it’s really not that sad. – Harris Wittels
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  13. Americans are following a stampede to the financial slaughterhouse. Let us stop following them and go in the other direction. – Celso Cukierkorn
  14. We feel like acting like a Christian, following the steps of Christ, is much more important than following a doctrine. – Isabel Ruiz Lucero
  15. True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it. – Mahatma Gandhi
  16. A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles. – Friedrich Nietzsche
  17. It’s voyeuristic the way you searchfor answers in these cries for help,and how you see Death’s fingersbut always think they’re paintbrushes. – Miriam Joy
  18. When I wake from my nightmaresI’m more afraid of the breath in my lungs than whatever might be chasing me. – Miriam Joy
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  20. I want her sinful arms wrapped around me,bloodied and angry and triumphant in shame. – Miriam Joy
  21. In the darkness and the snow, the street is emptyand it is just the night, the ice and me. – Miriam Joy
  22. But I’ve found that sitting around moaning about how sad it is gets no one anywhere. That’s why I get involved. – Nicole Maggi
  23. Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations – Ralph Charell
  24. When you get married or get a job, you are signing a contract that you will now not only live your expectations but other’s expectations also. – Harrish Sairaman
  25. Christians are becoming disengaged in following the Scripture that tells us not to conform to the world’s system. – Billy Graham
  26. there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone. – Nicole Krauss
  27. I see what the joy is; it is the joy of always loving, it is the joy of losing my own life in love to others. – Andrew Murray
  28. Love yourself to love others.Be yourself to understand others. Be the light to show the way to others.Be peaceful to bring peace to the world. – Debasish Mridha
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  30. It is not so much being all that you dream of becoming as it is un-becoming all that is covering your being. – Spi
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  32. Becoming an influential personality at work is much more important than becoming a hardworking person! – Abhishek Ratna
  33. Asking for blessings,receiving blessings, becoming a blessing,becoming a source of blessings – Paul Gitwaza
  34. Cairo is in a state of becoming-¦ We just don’t know what it’s becoming yet. – Daniel Joseph Monti
  35. Our lives are bound up with the lives of others. Our joy is bound up with the joy of others. – Ken Wytsma
  36. Leaving others alone is a sign of cowardice, whether you are involved in a war or in a relationship. – Pratik Akkawar
  37. Reinvent Yourself.Redesign Yourself.Reform Yourself.Restore Yourself.and if something is left of you till thenAppreciate Yourself. – Adhish Mazumder
  38. Give yourself for the course of living for others, improving their lives, becoming a deliverer to a nation and you will never be at the losing end – Sunday Adelaja
  39. Only through becoming aware of yourself and your limitations can you be transparent with others. – Joanie Connell
  40. If, one day, you find yourself involved in a dirty game, keep in mind that you end up screwed unless you screw your opponent over. – Gina Wings

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