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Danielle put a hand against her chest.

 “We’re born with everything in here – everything we need to be happy and whole. 

But as soon as life starts frightening us, 

we give away pieces of ourselves to make the danger go away. 

It’s an insidious trade: you want life to stop scaring you, so you give it a part of yourself. 

You give away your pride, your dignity, or your courage…

When all you feel is fear, you don’t need dignity. 

So you don’t mind giving that away - at the moment. 

But you regret it later, oh boy do you ever, 

because we need all those pieces to be complete.

JONATHAN CARROLL ( THE GHOST IN LOVE)

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