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85b8708	"Sara," I ask finally, "what do you want from me?" "I want to look at you and remember what it used to be like," she says thickly. "I want to go back, Brian. I want you to take me back." But she is not the woman I used to know, the woman who traveled a countryside counting prairie dog holes, who read aloud the classifieds of lonely cowboys seeking women and told me, in the darkest crease of the night, that she would love me until the moon lost its footing in the sky. To be fair, I am not the same man. The one who listened. The one who believed her."	marriage relationships change falling-apart nostalgia	Jodi Picoult
af1eecc	Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal.And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day, every day, sleeping its life away.	change dystopia realization world-view	Ray Bradbury
2dbda2e	Like a small boat adrift in the fog, she caught glimpses during patches when the mist cleared of a world far away, in which everything was changing.	change life floating	Ruth Ozeki
5902029	The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it. Somone makes a promise, and then they break it. A play gets good notices, and then it folds. A marriage looks strong, and then they divorce. For a while there's no war, and then there's another war. If you get too upset about it all, you become a stupid, unhappy person--and where's the good in that?	perseverance change allowing-change broken-promises city-of-girls elizabeth-gilbert-quotes elizabeth-gilbert presence surrender	Elizabeth Gilbert
db14a86	To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing.	change philosophy recovering-addict passages-treatment rehab holistic-treatment passages-rehab non-12-step life-improvement passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss healing-abuse healing alcoholism therapy alcoholic recovery self-help	Chris Prentiss
d5fce86	The world had to change and for some reason the prosperity of men always results in them taking ever more from wild creatures and places.	time men nature world people human change prosperity beasts creatures humankind animals take wild growth destroy	Robin Hobb
12bcd35	A popular perception that political news is boring is no minor issue; for when news fails to harness the curiosity and attention of a mass audience through its presentational techniques, a society becomes dangerously unable to grapple with its own dilemmas and therefore to marshal the popular will to change and improve itself.	politics change disengagement improvement news curiosity	Alain de Botton
ba48dcc	There were only seven years between the first and last Beatles albums. That's nothing, seven years, when you think of how their hairstyles changed and their music changed. Some bands now go seven years without hardly bothering to do anything.	time change music seven-years hairstyles the-beatles	Nick Hornby
7948cde	Especially at a time when one's life was new, roots helped.	change changes roots	Barbara Delinsky
d85e190	A promise is a direction taken, a self-limitation of choice. As Odo pointed out, if no direction is taken, if one goes nowhere, no change will occur. One's freedom to choose and to change will be unused, exactly as if one were in jail, a jail of one's own building, a maze in which no one way is better than any other.	freedom inspirational-attitude change carpe-diem	Ursula K. Le Guin
6a8e9cf	It takes more courage to disturb the neighborhood than it takes to disturb the universe. And the price is often higher.	courage books science change revolution ideas creativity	E.L. Konigsburg
d86ef1b	Things will change, Father. They must. And art can help create the change.	change	Susan Vreeland
e1017cb	The names of entities that have the power to constrain us change with time. Convention and authority are replaced by infirmity.	time change infirmity constraints convention authority power	Cormac McCarthy
2b30b9d	Believe that is cure is possible for you. Discover and heal the underlying causes with a holistic recovery program. Adopt a philosophy based on what is true in the Universe.	universe sobriety freedom inspiration inspire change happiness life philosophy wisdom good-books alcohol-addiction-treatment curing-addiction drug-addiction-treatment recommended-reading renew sober-living treatment-program holistic-treatment addiction-free non12step holistic-health non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment-center chris-prentiss sober healing change-the-world health self-improvement self-help	Chris Prentiss
3e7ed5c	Only discovering and healing the root causes of each individual's dependency puts an end to dependency. One-on-one sessions are key because the individual issues at the core of dependency are just that- completely individual.	change philosophy addiction-help addiction-philosophy change-the-world-change-life healing-addiction holistic-therapy one-on-one-therapy non12step chris-prenitss non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment alcoholism	Chris Prentiss
929dfe7	YOU'RE IN MY MOUTH, I said. GET OUT OF MY MOUTH.	relationships change parents	Aimee Bender
507f705	I can't tell you--oh I can't tell you--how awful--how sort of unlivable--everything is now--like a great black wall in front of me--Something's got to smash.	simile depression change unbearable unlivable henry-and-cato iris-murdoch	Iris Murdoch
165ce4e	We have power as consumers. We can exercise that power all the time by not choosing to invest time, energy or funds to support the production of mass media images that do not reflect life-enhancing values, that undermine a love ethic.	humanity change optimism love consummerism generosity society principles values	bell hooks
b80c457	I wrote articles about rich athletes who, for the most part, could not care less about people like me. .. My days were full, yet I remained, much of the time, unsatisfied. What happened to me?	time work change life unsatisfied	Mitch Albom
5a50a6e	In 1935, when there were no other programs, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, stepped up to the plate and took action to help a crippled population. All credit for the establishment of their wonderful, life-saving group goes to them and to those who came after them who have continued the tradition. However, there are hundreds of millions of people who still need help who are not among the estimated two or three million who attend twelve-step meetings.	change philosophy addiction-cure addiction-therapy addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse twelve-step twelve-steps perspective change-the-world	Chris Prentiss
47d87e9	In 1935, when there were no other programs, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, stepped up to the plate and took action to help a crippled population. All credit for the establishment of their wonderful, life-saving group goes to them and to those who came after them who have continued the tradition. However, there are not among the estimated two or three million who attend twelve-step meetings.	change philosophy 12-steps passages-malibu addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse twelve-step change-the-world tradition	Chris Prentiss
49d4e9b	That was the end of his driving.. That was the end of his walking free.. That was the end of his privacy.. And that was the end of his secret.	terminal ill change life end disease normal	Mitch Albom
50b04c0	"She looked at Damerel. 'Well, my dear friend?' 'Well, my dear delight?' he returned, a glint in his eyes. 'Do you think you will make me unhappy?' 'I don't - but I will offer you on promises!' 'No, pray don't!' she said seriously. 'As soon as one promises not to do something it becomes the one thing avocet all others that one most wishes to do!' She turned her head towards he uncle again. ' You mean to warn me that he may continue to have mistresses, and orgies, and - and so-on, don't you, sir?' 'Particularly so-on!' interpolated Damerel. 'Well, how should I know all the shocking thing you do? The thing is, Uncle, that I don't think I ever should know.' 'You'd know about my orgies!' objected Damerel. 'Yes, but I shouldn't care about them, once in a while. After all, it would be quite unreasonable to wish you to change all your habits, and I can always retire to bed, can't I?' 'Oh, won't you preside over them? he said, much disappointed.	change orgies	Georgette Heyer
9344039	"Safe from what? she'd asked. And under her touch, Kovar's kigh had answered, "Change"."	change	Tanya Huff
8886b13	His new life required no great change in the patterns of his behaviour. It was merely an adjustment. He had always known how to make himself invisible.	change life choices-in-life	Christopher Fowler
b755b91	One day I was through Strachan's Corner just hanging out, and they must have picked up Scrooge earlier for a pep talk, so they were now dropping him back home in one of their police vehicle. Supt. Strachan was in the back seat talking with him, while a male officer was driving. So I asked her, what were some of the things you used to say to Scrooge? I used to tell him it is not worth it, You are hurting people. You are only going to end up in jail for the rest of your life, or you are going to end up in the grave. I knew that he was listening to me. I would talk to him and encourage him. My other colleagues used to say I was soft on crime because of what I was doing, but I could be tuff. I am a mother of two sons; just ask my sons how tuff I can be. If I feel that I have done the best that I can, and cannot do no more than that is it. This was what I was telling those kids down there. I told them if you do not change, you are going to die. Sad to say, that is what happened to some of them eventually. The best came out of you and others in another way. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.	change going-to-die not-worth-it the-grave gangsters caring-cops good-cops police-outreach reaching-gang-members woman-police crime-prevention gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing turn-around toughness law-enforcement encouragement	Drexel Deal
5f26af8	The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life. - Saphira	worth change experience surrender	Christopher Paolini
99b55f1	When I hear and see young men like you and Troit, who have turned their lives around, it makes me feel good. We need to learn to love one another; there is just too much hate in this world. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.	hatred hate change love community-policing feel-good feeling-good former-gang-members-good-feeling loving-one-another reform-gangsters turn-around youth-clubs youth-programs	Drexel Deal
d39ed44	"Alecto, have you noticed how downhill this little island is becoming?" Mandy questioned sadly. "All these organic food stores and yoga studios and cellular phone towers... Cape Breton was one of the only places left where it still had that nostalgic small town atmosphere but now... I've only been away for a year, how could things have changed so quickly? I mean, how can the world accept it?" "C'est la vie," said Alecto, looking extremely tired as he stared out the window at the late November maple keys fluttering down from vibrantly red trees lining the streets on either side of the windshield."	change life cell-phone environmental windshield cape-breton nova-scotia organic yoga digital tower street drive car modernity technology nostalgia	Rebecca McNutt
cf1a107	"Tony and Peg have two kids, Terry-Lynn and Harvey, both of whom are enrolled in so many extracurricular and afterschool clubs that they hardly ever see their parents. If Terry-Lynn is in Girl Guides, she doesn't have to see Peg inviting the Purolator man in for "a cup of coffee". If Harvey is in the anime drawing club, he doesn't have to see Peg kissing Mr. Cooper from across the street, even if all the other neighbours secretly know what's going on. Tony has no idea, all he knows is that Peg isn't the same Peg he married back in 2003. All he knows is that she's changed a great deal, and not for the better, like a beautiful butterfly regressing back into a devouring, ugly caterpillar in the span of only a couple of months."	kids marriage kiss change afterschool butterfly cheater extracurricular-activities girl-scouts homewrecker neighbours purolator caterpillar anime drawing street coffee parents beautiful children ugly	Rebecca McNutt
b3545ff	Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude.	opportunity reading writing change alcoholics-anonymous addiction addiction-cure addiction-treatment chris-prentiss challenge	Chris Prentiss

85b8708

"Sara," I ask finally, "what do you want from me?" "I want to look at you and remember what it used to be like," she says thickly. "I want to go back, Brian. I want you to take me back." But she is not the woman I used to know, the woman who traveled a countryside counting prairie dog holes, who read aloud the classifieds of lonely cowboys seeking women and told me, in the darkest crease of the night, that she would love me until the moon lost its footing in the sky. To be fair, I am not the same man. The one who listened. The one who believed her."

marriage relationships change falling-apart nostalgia

Jodi Picoult

af1eecc

Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal.And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day, every day, sleeping its life away.

change dystopia realization world-view

Ray Bradbury

2dbda2e

Like a small boat adrift in the fog, she caught glimpses during patches when the mist cleared of a world far away, in which everything was changing.

change life floating

Ruth Ozeki

5902029

The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it. Somone makes a promise, and then they break it. A play gets good notices, and then it folds. A marriage looks strong, and then they divorce. For a while there's no war, and then there's another war. If you get too upset about it all, you become a stupid, unhappy person--and where's the good in that?

perseverance change allowing-change broken-promises city-of-girls elizabeth-gilbert-quotes elizabeth-gilbert presence surrender

Elizabeth Gilbert

db14a86

To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing.

change philosophy recovering-addict passages-treatment rehab holistic-treatment passages-rehab non-12-step life-improvement passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss healing-abuse healing alcoholism therapy alcoholic recovery self-help

Chris Prentiss

d5fce86

The world had to change and for some reason the prosperity of men always results in them taking ever more from wild creatures and places.

time men nature world people human change prosperity beasts creatures humankind animals take wild growth destroy

Robin Hobb

12bcd35

A popular perception that political news is boring is no minor issue; for when news fails to harness the curiosity and attention of a mass audience through its presentational techniques, a society becomes dangerously unable to grapple with its own dilemmas and therefore to marshal the popular will to change and improve itself.

politics change disengagement improvement news curiosity

Alain de Botton

ba48dcc

There were only seven years between the first and last Beatles albums. That's nothing, seven years, when you think of how their hairstyles changed and their music changed. Some bands now go seven years without hardly bothering to do anything.

time change music seven-years hairstyles the-beatles

Nick Hornby

7948cde

Especially at a time when one's life was new, roots helped.

change changes roots

Barbara Delinsky

d85e190

A promise is a direction taken, a self-limitation of choice. As Odo pointed out, if no direction is taken, if one goes nowhere, no change will occur. One's freedom to choose and to change will be unused, exactly as if one were in jail, a jail of one's own building, a maze in which no one way is better than any other.

freedom inspirational-attitude change carpe-diem

Ursula K. Le Guin

6a8e9cf

It takes more courage to disturb the neighborhood than it takes to disturb the universe. And the price is often higher.

courage books science change revolution ideas creativity

E.L. Konigsburg

d86ef1b

Things will change, Father. They must. And art can help create the change.

change

Susan Vreeland

e1017cb

The names of entities that have the power to constrain us change with time. Convention and authority are replaced by infirmity.

time change infirmity constraints convention authority power

Cormac McCarthy

2b30b9d

Believe that is cure is possible for you. Discover and heal the underlying causes with a holistic recovery program. Adopt a philosophy based on what is true in the Universe.

universe sobriety freedom inspiration inspire change happiness life philosophy wisdom good-books alcohol-addiction-treatment curing-addiction drug-addiction-treatment recommended-reading renew sober-living treatment-program holistic-treatment addiction-free non12step holistic-health non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment-center chris-prentiss sober healing change-the-world health self-improvement self-help

Chris Prentiss

3e7ed5c

Only discovering and healing the root causes of each individual's dependency puts an end to dependency. One-on-one sessions are key because the individual issues at the core of dependency are just that- completely individual.

change philosophy addiction-help addiction-philosophy change-the-world-change-life healing-addiction holistic-therapy one-on-one-therapy non12step chris-prenitss non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment alcoholism

Chris Prentiss

929dfe7

YOU'RE IN MY MOUTH, I said. GET OUT OF MY MOUTH.

relationships change parents

Aimee Bender

507f705

I can't tell you--oh I can't tell you--how awful--how sort of unlivable--everything is now--like a great black wall in front of me--Something's got to smash.

simile depression change unbearable unlivable henry-and-cato iris-murdoch

Iris Murdoch

165ce4e

We have power as consumers. We can exercise that power all the time by not choosing to invest time, energy or funds to support the production of mass media images that do not reflect life-enhancing values, that undermine a love ethic.

humanity change optimism love consummerism generosity society principles values

bell hooks

b80c457

I wrote articles about rich athletes who, for the most part, could not care less about people like me. .. My days were full, yet I remained, much of the time, unsatisfied. What happened to me?

time work change life unsatisfied

Mitch Albom

5a50a6e

In 1935, when there were no other programs, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, stepped up to the plate and took action to help a crippled population. All credit for the establishment of their wonderful, life-saving group goes to them and to those who came after them who have continued the tradition. However, there are hundreds of millions of people who still need help who are not among the estimated two or three million who attend twelve-step meetings.

change philosophy addiction-cure addiction-therapy addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse twelve-step twelve-steps perspective change-the-world

Chris Prentiss

47d87e9

In 1935, when there were no other programs, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, stepped up to the plate and took action to help a crippled population. All credit for the establishment of their wonderful, life-saving group goes to them and to those who came after them who have continued the tradition. However, there are not among the estimated two or three million who attend twelve-step meetings.

change philosophy 12-steps passages-malibu addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse twelve-step change-the-world tradition

Chris Prentiss

49d4e9b

That was the end of his driving.. That was the end of his walking free.. That was the end of his privacy.. And that was the end of his secret.

terminal ill change life end disease normal

Mitch Albom

50b04c0

"She looked at Damerel. 'Well, my dear friend?' 'Well, my dear delight?' he returned, a glint in his eyes. 'Do you think you will make me unhappy?' 'I don't - but I will offer you on promises!' 'No, pray don't!' she said seriously. 'As soon as one promises not to do something it becomes the one thing avocet all others that one most wishes to do!' She turned her head towards he uncle again. ' You mean to warn me that he may continue to have mistresses, and orgies, and - and so-on, don't you, sir?' '*Particularly* so-on!' interpolated Damerel. 'Well, how should I know all the shocking thing you do? The thing is, Uncle, that I don't think I ever should know.' 'You'd know about my orgies!' objected Damerel. 'Yes, but I shouldn't care about them, once in a while. After all, it would be quite unreasonable to wish you to change *all* your habits, and I can always retire to bed, can't I?' 'Oh, won't you preside over them? he said, much disappointed.

change orgies

Georgette Heyer

9344039

"Safe from what? she'd asked. And under her touch, Kovar's kigh had answered, "Change"."

change

Tanya Huff

8886b13

His new life required no great change in the patterns of his behaviour. It was merely an adjustment. He had always known how to make himself invisible.

change life choices-in-life

Christopher Fowler

b755b91

One day I was through Strachan's Corner just hanging out, and they must have picked up Scrooge earlier for a pep talk, so they were now dropping him back home in one of their police vehicle. Supt. Strachan was in the back seat talking with him, while a male officer was driving. So I asked her, what were some of the things you used to say to Scrooge? I used to tell him it is not worth it, You are hurting people. You are only going to end up in jail for the rest of your life, or you are going to end up in the grave. I knew that he was listening to me. I would talk to him and encourage him. My other colleagues used to say I was soft on crime because of what I was doing, but I could be tuff. I am a mother of two sons; just ask my sons how tuff I can be. If I feel that I have done the best that I can, and cannot do no more than that is it. This was what I was telling those kids down there. I told them if you do not change, you are going to die. Sad to say, that is what happened to some of them eventually. The best came out of you and others in another way. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

change going-to-die not-worth-it the-grave gangsters caring-cops good-cops police-outreach reaching-gang-members woman-police crime-prevention gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing turn-around toughness law-enforcement encouragement

Drexel Deal

5f26af8

The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life. - Saphira

worth change experience surrender

Christopher Paolini

99b55f1

When I hear and see young men like you and Troit, who have turned their lives around, it makes me feel good. We need to learn to love one another; there is just too much hate in this world. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

hatred hate change love community-policing feel-good feeling-good former-gang-members-good-feeling loving-one-another reform-gangsters turn-around youth-clubs youth-programs

Drexel Deal

d39ed44

"Alecto, have you noticed how downhill this little island is becoming?" Mandy questioned sadly. "All these organic food stores and yoga studios and cellular phone towers... Cape Breton was one of the only places left where it still had that nostalgic small town atmosphere but now... I've only been away for a year, how could things have changed so quickly? I mean, how can the world accept it?" "C'est la vie," said Alecto, looking extremely tired as he stared out the window at the late November maple keys fluttering down from vibrantly red trees lining the streets on either side of the windshield."

change life cell-phone environmental windshield cape-breton nova-scotia organic yoga digital tower street drive car modernity technology nostalgia

Rebecca McNutt

cf1a107

"Tony and Peg have two kids, Terry-Lynn and Harvey, both of whom are enrolled in so many extracurricular and afterschool clubs that they hardly ever see their parents. If Terry-Lynn is in Girl Guides, she doesn't have to see Peg inviting the Purolator man in for "a cup of coffee". If Harvey is in the anime drawing club, he doesn't have to see Peg kissing Mr. Cooper from across the street, even if all the other neighbours secretly know what's going on. Tony has no idea, all he knows is that Peg isn't the same Peg he married back in 2003. All he knows is that she's changed a great deal, and not for the better, like a beautiful butterfly regressing back into a devouring, ugly caterpillar in the span of only a couple of months."

kids marriage kiss change afterschool butterfly cheater extracurricular-activities girl-scouts homewrecker neighbours purolator caterpillar anime drawing street coffee parents beautiful children ugly

Rebecca McNutt

b3545ff

Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude.

opportunity reading writing change alcoholics-anonymous addiction addiction-cure addiction-treatment chris-prentiss challenge

Chris Prentiss