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difficult experiences Quotes
13 of the best book quotes about difficult experiences
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“It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk anyone had to make. In every way, a walk to remember.”
Nicholas Sparks
author
A Walk to Remember
book
Landon Carter
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Jamie Sullivan
characters
death
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memories
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experiences
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remember
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remembering loved ones
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life experience
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difficult experiences
concepts
02
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“Taste the berries and forget about falling off the cliff”
Laura Resau
author
Red Glass
book
forgetting
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difficult experiences
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taste
concepts
03
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“I had the feeling as in a nightmare of it all being something repeated, something I had been through and that now I must go through again.”
Ernest Hemingway
author
The Sun Also Rises
book
Jake
character
lost
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clarity
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difficult experiences
concepts
04
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“We traveled so far and your friendship meant everything. It was very difficult, but there were moments of beauty. Everything ends. I am not afraid.”
Emily St. John Mandel
author
Station Eleven
book
Kirsten Raymonde
character
friendship
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beauty
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growth
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fearless
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difficult experiences
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end
concepts
05
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“I learned a lesson I’d never forget. The lesson was that, when you have setbacks and failures, you can’t overreact to them.”
Angela Duckworth
author
Grit
book
difficulties
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failure
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lessons
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difficult experiences
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overreact
concepts
06
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“Adverse childhood experiences are the main determinant of the health and social well-being of the nation.”
Shaili Jain
author
The Unspeakable Mind
book
adversity
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childhood
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difficult experiences
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childhood trauma
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public health
concepts
07
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“Traumatic stress can spread to anyone with whom the sufferers share their lives. Trauma begets trauma.”
Shaili Jain
author
The Unspeakable Mind
book
difficult experiences
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trauma
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childhood trauma
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family trials
concepts
08
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“We can endure all kinds of pain. It’s shame that eats men whole.”
Leigh Bardugo
author
Crooked Kingdom
book
difficult experiences
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pain and suffering
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enduring
concepts
09
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“Why is life so difficult? Why can’t we just be ourselves and have everyone accept us the way we are?”
Beatrice Sparks
author
Go Ask Alice
book
Alice
character
life
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difficult experiences
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be yourself
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accepting who you are
concepts
10
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“Once we truly know that life is difficult – once we truly understand and accept it – then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”
M. Scott Peck
author
The Road Less Traveled
book
difficulties
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difficult experiences
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life path
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accepting life
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embracing struggles
concepts
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“Cause I’m go’n die soon? That make me a man, Mr. Wiggins?”
Ernest J. Gaines
author
A Lesson Before Dying
book
Jefferson
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Grant Wiggins
characters
circumstances
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maturity
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difficult experiences
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facing death
concepts
12
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“If it wasn’t painfully difficult, you did it wrong!”
Dan Brown
author
Angels and Demons
book
burdens
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growing pains
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difficult experiences
concepts
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“You are Britta, you survived Olana, Katar, two mountain winters, and a wolf pack of bandits. You might throw up, but you won’t die now.”
Shannon Hale
author
Princess Academy
book
Miri Larendaughter
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Britta Paweldaughter
characters
nervousness
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difficult experiences
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hardships
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survivor
concepts
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death
memories
experiences
remember
remembering loved ones
life experience
Landon Carter
Jamie Sullivan
forgetting
taste
lost
clarity
Jake
friendship
beauty
growth
fearless
end
Kirsten Raymonde
difficulties
failure
lessons
overreact
adversity
childhood
childhood trauma
public health
trauma
family trials
pain and suffering
enduring
life
Alice
be yourself
accepting who you are
life path
accepting life
embracing struggles
circumstances
maturity
facing death
Jefferson
Grant Wiggins
burdens
growing pains
nervousness
hardships
survivor
Miri Larendaughter
Britta Paweldaughter
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