“You have to remember the worst times of your life later reveal themselves as the best times. And in those moments where you don't recognize yourself define who it is you want to be later. Feel through every ugly emotion until you can walk away from it. So often we repress intense emotions out of fear of the person we'll become if we reveal it. But to know yourself also means to know who you are at your worst and learning how to bounce back from that.”
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