“You have to decide everything for yourself, then God will assist you in your cause.”
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Todo insiste y continúa solo, aunque opte uno por retirarse.
Source: Tu rostro mañana, 2. Baile y sueño [Your Face Tomorrow, Vol. 2: Dance and Dream] (2004), p. 42
“You have to laugh at yourself sometimes, cause you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't.”
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Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Tessa Gray, to Clary Fray, pg. 716
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
Context: I feel a kinship with you, too, you who have lost both brother and father. I know you have been judged and spoken of as the daughter of Valentine Morgenstern, and now the sister of Jonathan. There will always be those who want to tell you who you are based on your name or the blood in your veins. Do not let people decide who you are. Decide for yourself. That freedom is not a gift; it is a birthright. I hope that you and Jace will use it.
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Variant: You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.
Source: Oh, The Places You'll Go!
“You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking.”
David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) American fiction writer and essayist
