When something is the right thing for you to do
some will call your action 'courage.'
There is a good possibility you will likely call it
'being myself.'
Elizabeth Alraune
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and give from your heart.
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be and less from the "ideal" that others... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE You are as amazing as you let yourself be.
Let me repeat that.
You
are
as
amazing
as
you
let
yoursel... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE There are many ways to the life we live,
none so right, or so profound, as the one
that is uniquely ... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE When you are busy looking at your next step,
how can you see where you are going? ELIZABETH ALRAUNE What if we lose sight of the power and glory and majesty of life and love when we get caught up in h... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE We have so many filters that seem required for our experience of life, but instead of helping us, wh... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Ever notice how easily
we focus on others and
judge their actions as
inferior when we doubt
and ques... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Maybe it is what it is - until it is something else. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE You are where you are for whatever reason you are.
Be kind to yourself. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Embrace all that life has to offer, even the moments that
seem less than embraceable, and you will l... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Stop kicking yourself. Yes. YOU. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE What a gift to be able to see beautiful people for who they are without limiting or defining them by... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE If you realize that it is quite
possible that you are what
you say you are, you may
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truly are, especially when our seeming faults app... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE It really sucks when someone I know doesn't say what they mean and what they feel, and then proceeds... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Do you dance around love, or dance in it? ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Who we are as human beings is terminal. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Everyone wants to have their say. It sucks, though, when having one's say, another's say is diminish... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Have you ever noticed how often creativity defies logic? ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Things only make sense to the degree they make sense. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE We come to know ourselves in the context of our experiences. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE One doesn't always know what one doesn't know in the midst of one's knowing. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Maybe 'progress' isn't the sacred thing we make it out to be. Maybe it is just our collective ego's ... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE You get a lot farther taking imperfect steps than taking none at all. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE All too often when people hear life's alarm clock go off they wake up only long enough to hit the sn... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE If you realize that it is quitepossible that you are whatyou say you are, you maywant to consider wa... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE The hands on a clock move without regard to the hands you hold. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE It's not like I am sitting still, but I am not sure how far I am getting. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE All too often when people hear life's alarm clock go off they wake up only long enough to hit the sn... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE You get a lot farther taking imperfect steps than taking none at all. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE The best you can be
at any given moment
is yourself. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Every moment is too precious for the games we play, and for the filters we use, and the masks we wea... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE You can’t see the big picture, but you can see the smaller parts, and while some may look like tea... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE In order for our world to shift, we have to
stop accepting the prevailing knowledge as
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come from? Throughout time
challenged realities have changed
the la... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE It's no coincidence the word "hear" is in the word "heart." ELIZABETH ALRAUNE If we could relate to the dynamics of
things instead of the things themselves,
I wonder if it would ... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE If I died tomorrow,
it wouldn't matter what anyone else thought.
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deeply personal and worthwhile,
there is some... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Someone will always offer you their point of view, and some you will take - without even thinking ab... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Life is like a puzzle that is ever, always, formulating itself. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE I would venture a guess that
Everybody has a life to love,
they just haven't uncovered the beauty of... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Judge me for who I am - not who you think I am. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE The surest way to fail is to
aspire to an idea of perfection
that doesn't even exist. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE What if the following statement is true?
The soul desires connection rather than conflict,
and yet c... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE What if mistakes are successes in disguise? ELIZABETH ALRAUNE When moments are exchanged for memories, the only way we can access them is to visit the past, and w... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE The minute we can no longer do something is likely the minute we miss it more strongly than we ever ... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Tomorrow is not even the possibility of a broken promise. It is not anything but a hope, a dream, an... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Sometimes things aren't understood until they are ready to be heard. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Oftentimes figuring out how to say
something simply
is a complex process. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE You have feelings for a reason, and they are like signposts. They aren't meant to be destinations. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE People tell me they have no idea what I am going through, but then feel they have a right to judge h... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Statistics are a composite, but there is only one me and
only one you. You can't know an individual'... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Nothing is set in stone. Every moment is an opportunity to create. And, here is something to conside... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Maybe the reason we don't have harmony
is because we are too busy judging what
doesn't appear to be ... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Why are we so driven to understand, when there is so much that can't be understood? ELIZABETH ALRAUNE The mistake people make is in believing that things will stay the same. An even bigger mistake is wa... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE When a tree sways in the wind the weak branches fall off.
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Maybe the answer is that there isn't JUST
one. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE I hate when my mind is empty and swimming at the same time. ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Your role is to shine your light so others see theirs. There is no light at the end of the tunnel, w... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE The thought of flight has melted me, I am less solid than liquid, then I'm going up and going invisi... ELIZABETH KNOX So what do you think, Miss Bennet? Will you come to Pemberley?" He Spoke quietly over her shoulder; ... ELIZABETH ADAMS A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite. ELIZABETH FISHEL I did a film called 'Puccini for Beginners,' which was a romantic comedy, and I always wante... ELIZABETH REASER I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married. ELIZABETH I Hopefully, after 'Victorious' has lived a long and beautiful life, I would like to go into m... ELIZABETH GILLIES I see artists as the first responders. And when the proverbial crap hits the fan, we are there to be... ELIZABETH MARVEL I am baffled by men. When they want me, I don't want them; when I want them, they don't want... ELIZABETH WURTZEL The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, an... ELIZABETH BLACKWELL If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that sometimes our assumptions and preconceived no... ELIZABETH THORNTON The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing. ELIZABETH BISHOP Perhaps arising from a fascination with animals, biology seemed the most interesting of sciences to ... ELIZABETH BLACKBURN Devices that allow people to shoot up to 100 rounds of ammunition at one time have no place in our s... ELIZABETH ESTY We are a great enough country to respect the Second Amendment rights of lawful gun owners and protec... ELIZABETH ESTY Although we can never fully repay our veterans, on Veterans Day we thank our veterans for their self... ELIZABETH ESTY Ageing is so many different things, and cells being able to self-renew is part of the picture but no... ELIZABETH BLACKBURN I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only ad... ELIZABETH TAYLOR It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. ELIZABETH KENNY A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing. ELIZABETH I It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the w... ELIZABETH BLACKWELL How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly. ELIZABETH GASKELL I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water. ELIZABETH GILBERT One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual ex... ELIZABETH GILBERT In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need o... ELIZABETH GILBERT When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a m... ELIZABETH GILBERT I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine. ELIZABETH GILBERT In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustai... ELIZABETH GILBERT The thing about hearts is that they always want to keep beating ELIZABETH SCOTT Do they know they're old, these two who are my father and my mother whose fire from which I came, ha... ELIZABETH JENNINGS Intimacies between women go backwards, beginning with revelations and ending up in small talk withou... ELIZABETH BOWEN The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening... ELIZABETH HARDWICK Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long a... ELIZABETH I Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm. ELIZABETH FULLER Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone. ELIZABETH BOWEN A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly. ELIZABETH GASKELL It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found ... ELIZABETH DUNPHY Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with you... ELIZABETH I Twenty-five years ago, while an undergraduate at Stanford, I got a job on campus as a lifeguard, dee... ELIZABETH ROSNER Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful. ELIZABETH CARTER Eavesdropping, Mother?' Ramses inquired. 'It is a shameful habit, but cursed useful,' I said, q... ELIZABETH PETERS I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through... ELIZABETH WURTZEL The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow. ELIZABETH I I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much
Like something with no living of its own. ELIZABETH JENNINGS No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it. ELIZABETH PETERS How close the sexes sometimes come to one another. It is as much a matter of behaviour and the spere... ELIZABETH ASTON They flank me - depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don't need to show their badges.... ELIZABETH GILBERT Every day holds the possibility of a miracle. ELIZABETH DAVID Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing. ELIZABETH GOUDGE Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ... ELIZABETH SMART That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees th... ELIZABETH WURTZEL At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still includ... ELIZABETH JENNINGS We have to have the money to do the work we want to do, as well as to keep a roof over our heads and... ELIZABETH ASTON The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in... ELIZABETH DREW No object is mysterious. The mystery is in your eye. ELIZABETH BOWEN I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted. ELIZABETH KENNY If the notion on this is we're going to elect somebody to the United States Senate so they can b... ELIZABETH WARREN I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I ... ELIZABETH WURTZEL I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and p... ELIZABETH BLACKWELL The tabloids create their own stories about people's lives that don't exist. ELIZABETH OLSEN I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history... ELIZABETH OLSEN If you don't like something, talk about something else that's great and maybe someone else w... ELIZABETH OLSEN But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read somethi... ELIZABETH OLSEN When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll ... ELIZABETH OLSEN God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at lea... ELIZABETH I I don't I have everything I want; however, I have a lot and for that I am very grateful. ELIZABETH DAILY I always carry lots of stuff with me wherever I roam, always weighted down with books, with cassette... ELIZABETH WURTZEL There are some remarks that are so stupid that to be even vaguely aware of them is the intellectual ... ELIZABETH WURTZEL I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I ju... ELIZABETH WURTZEL Women who have it all should try having nothing: I have no husband, no children, no real estate, no ... ELIZABETH WURTZEL In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression. ELIZABETH WURTZEL Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have. ELIZABETH BOWEN The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part ... ELIZABETH BOWEN One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it. ELIZABETH BOWEN Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal. ELIZABETH FRY No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ELIZABETH BOWEN I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes. ELIZABETH TAYLOR I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on. ELIZABETH TAYLOR I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim? ELIZABETH TAYLOR Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses. ELIZABETH TAYLOR I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage. ELIZABETH TAYLOR Repetition makes reputation and reputation makes customers. ELIZABETH ARDEN