#qtilekc

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"Whether we're looking at a map of Texas or reflecting on a tough conversation with someone we love, we need landmarks to orient us, and we need language to label what we're experiencing. And, just like a map, the interaction between the layers of our emotions and experiences tells our story."

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"I believe that with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves. Even when we don't know where we are."

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"𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖓𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖛𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖙 𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖓. 𝖇𝖊𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖋𝖚𝖑"

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"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅."

- 𝑳𝒖𝒅𝒘𝒊𝒈 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏

"𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈."

- 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏

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"I'm not sure. I'm not a dog" ((meant to say animal scientist) did she mean vet??)

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As humans, we are meaning-making machines.

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"Art conveys things that cannot be conveyed by words. I realized that there are many interesting things and ideas in this world.

When seeing it, you get to know it. When drawing it, you get to understand it."

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𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔

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"Before I started drawing, I thought making art was a kind of magic that only a select few could use.

But that doesn't seem to be the case. Now that I'm drawing, the scenery I've always seen appears more clearly than before.

I thought I knew, but it feels like I knew nothing until now."

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"No matter how close you are as kids, if you move or change schools you become estranged.

So many people, such a small city.

How many people would I come to know in the future?

How many people could I hope to truly understand?"

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𝐷𝑢𝑙𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒 - 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈

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"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅." 𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒇, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒇, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒔.

⁻ ᴮʳᵉᶰᵉ́ ᴮʳᵒʷᶰ

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"That's gotta be a good perk- someone that's dating tattoos"