Martin Pistorius Quotes

#1. None of us knows what we can bear until we're asked,

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#2. That kind of love can be passed from one person to the next, like a life force that will comfort anyone it touches and creates memories that burn strong years after the events that inspire them.

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#3. I'd been put into a box long before, after all. Each of us has. Are you the "difficult" child or the "histrionic" lover, the "argumentative" sibling or the "long-suffering" spouse? Boxes make us easier to understand, but they also imprison us because people don't see past them.

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#4. There is salt and sweet in every life.

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#5. And it was only in that moment, as I felt my father's arms holding me upright and his strength keeping me steady, that I knew his love was strong enough to protect me from an ocean.

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#6. Treat everyone with kindness, dignity, compassion and respect, irrespective of whether you think they understand or not.

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#7. I could see neither fascination nor delight on their faces, and I wondered if it was possible to get so used to joy that you stopped noticing it?

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#8. It's right to say that people fall in love. We don't glide, slip, or stumble into it. Instead we tumble head first from the moment we decide to step off the edge of a cliff with someone and see whether we'll fly together. Love might be irrational, but we make the choice to risk everything.

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#9. If someone does not expect or is not expected to achieve, then they never will.

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#10. And it was then that I realized that families might be the ones who pick us up time and again but strangers can also rescue us - even if they don't know they're doing so.

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#11. However fearful I am, when I contemplate the possibility that someone might finally realize I'm here, I can feel the wings of a bird called hope beginning to beat softly inside my chest.

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#12. No one seems to consider that even people who are thought to be intellectually impaired can change as they grow older.

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#13. Romantic love has always interested me: the way it ebbs and flows like a living thing, or how it is revealed in secret smiles or anguished conversations. Perhaps I've always found it captivating because it was the starkest reminder of how alone I was.

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#14. Women seem to think they go on diets in order to feel happier, but I know from experience that this isn't true. In fact, I can safely say that the less women eat, the grumpier they get.

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#15. The thought that I might soon hear my "voice" say, "I'm hungry" as many times as I want it to astounds me. Realizing that I might be able to ask, "What's on the TV?" amazes me. These simple words are my own personal Mount Everests, to think I might soon conquer them is almost unimaginable.

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#16. Sadness, though, is probably the hardest thing of all to hide because sorrow has a way of seeping out however well people think they're containing it. You only have to look to see the signs, but most people don't, which is why so many seem to end up feeling lonely.

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#17. At times it felt confusing to be surrounded by people, utterly alone and yet aware that God was my companion.

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#18. Do they really think that a limited intellect means a child can't feel viciousness in a person's touch or hear anger in the tone of their voice?

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#19. Dreams can be any size you want them to be. But the important thing is that you have one that is yours.

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#20. I know so much about other people's expectations and so little about my own.

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