Why do you go away? So that you can come back.

So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
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You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play. Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
tags: change, future, play, rewind, secret, stop 1999 likes/shares

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Love can change a person the way a parent can change a babyawkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess. Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
tags: babies, change, humor, love, parents 1988 likes/shares

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This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change. Taylor Swift
tags: change, fresh-starts, new-beginnings, reinvention, time 1918 likes/shares

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They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
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For what its worth: its never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. Theres no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life youre proud of. If you find that youre not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again. Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button screenplay
tags: benjamin-button, change, courage, time 1713 likes/shares

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If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you've made, if they don't realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go. Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
tags: change, growth, inspirational, letting-go, life, mistakes 1690 likes/shares

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When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny. Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them;

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that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Lao Tzu
tags: acceptance, change, life, reality, serenity 1632 likes/shares

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And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time. Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing
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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -I contain multitudes. Walt Whitman
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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change. Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life
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The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind. Friedrich Nietzsche
tags: change, mind, nietzsche 1370 likes/shares

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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman. Maya Angelou
tags: change, inspirational, self-determination 1354 likes/shares

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Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
tags: adaptation, change, open-mindedness, self-improvement 1239 likes/shares

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I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. Mother Teresa
tags: change, community, incrementalism, misattributed-to-mother-teresa, world, yourself 1160 likes/shares

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Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. Eckhart Tolle
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You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it. Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
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It's hard to fight when the fight ain't fair. Taylor Swift

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Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
tags: change, holden-caulfield, stasis 875 likes/shares

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We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it. Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
tags: change, growth, inspirational, learning-from-mistakes, past 606 likes/shares