Top 100 Sejal Badani Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “With that knowledge comes her acceptance that to have the life she wants, she has to repaint the painting.”

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52. “I convinced myself I owed him for loving me. No child should ever feel such a thing.”

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53. “Energy doesn’t stand still; it moves, shifts with time. I think maybe we are meant to do the same, to see the world not as we fear it is but as we hope for it to be – kinder, gentler, each lesson not meant to destroy but to enable.”

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54. “What is the chance our marriage can survive the tumultuous ups and downs of hope followed by disappointment and finally resignation? When it is too hard to stand, how do you help another?”

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55. “I learned something important the day Sonya departed: you cannot keep someone who has already left you behind. No matter what I needed or wanted, Sonya put herself first; I was last.”

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56. “Our hurts and our joys are meant to be shared, the burden easier when another holds your hand.”

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57. “One piece of knowledge had always eluded her, that life is not what happens to you, but what you make happen.”

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58. “He’s right – every person, in his own way, has to find his path given his individual circumstances.”

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59. “No. All that was left of the person was bones. The same as everyone else.” I wondered if they knew that at the end, we are all the same, just a body with only our actions and others’ memories to define who we are. “Whatever separates us in life has no relevance in death.”

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60. “It is believed that meditative energy flows from the feet upward,” he says. “Only with bare feet can you feel God within you.”

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61. “The memories of the past circle around me – a reminder of a time when my marriage was stronger than circumstance. I pass through the years like snippets of a film reel until I am moments away from the day he told me about Stacey. With the recollection, the pain comes flooding back.”

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62. “You have been blessed – a son will never leave you.”

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63. “I miss him in my life. Amisha’s story drives home how precious love is. I took our love for granted, and when it became too hard, I stepped away, sure I was stronger standing alone. But.”

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64. “A daughter born to you is never truly yours.”

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65. “A dream may be the only window to the unknown.” She fiddled with her paper. “Maybe to a different life.”

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66. “Though there is no playbook on how to navigate the path of life, if I do it with the grace and heart of the women before me, then I will have lived my life with honor.”

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67. “When Patrick and I separated, I was so focused on what had torn us apart, I didn’t remember what brought us together.”

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68. “A dream may be the only window to the unknown... maybe to a different life.”

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69. “Your story showed me that life isn’t always about what I want to be but instead what I can be.”

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70. “Blood does not define family. Love does.”

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71. “I want all of you to write about creating something you want, destroying something you don’t need, and protecting what is vital. But you must explain how your heart, your soul, and your mind feel about each event.”

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72. “But, for whom that darkness of the soul is chased by light, splendid and clear shines manifest the truth. As if a sun of wisdom sprang to shed its beams of dawn.”

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73. “For every person who stands superior, another must be inferior. But what does it say of us as a human race when we push others down for our own needs?”

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74. “Some turns were my choice whereas others were a forced detour. Each one led me to where I am standing today.”

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75. “How do they decide who is second-class in America?” I shudder at the question.”

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76. “It’s the third eye. When you see a bindi, it reminds you to see life’s greater purpose, the supreme goal of self-realization. In the temples, it still means that. The third eye focuses on God, and the bindi signifies piety, reminding you to keep God at the center of your thoughts.”

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77. “He told me once that people will forget many things, but they will never forget a person who shows them kindness.”

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78. “My power became dependent on the height of my achievements. But perfection may be an illusion and power a liability.”

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79. “True, but in that moment, that child makes them a family. And the parents leave here knowing that being a mother or father is a gift, no matter how it comes about.”

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80. “A man is building his house. Though warned by his friends it isn’t a safe design, he refuses to listen. There’s an earthquake, and the house collapses. He and a bird that lived in a tree near the house become trapped.” Amisha searched the students’ faces and was pleased to see their interest. “There is only one small hole through which to breathe. The man must decide who gets the oxygen.” She paused to make sure she still had their attention. “Please write about what happens next.”

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81. “History shows us we need labels to help define our place. For hundreds of years, people have categorized others as less so they could feel like more. Color, gender, class, religion, physical handicaps, sexual orientation, and pedigree are.”

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82. “My mother’s admission that she wanted only my happiness gave me a glimpse of what it means to be a parent who wants only the best for his child.”

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83. “Fate passed its judgment and sentenced my mother at birth. She was destined to live a life without the presence or guidance of a mother. Though sadness always accompanied her, she carried the weight of her hurt silently. She believed herself a curse and kept her distance. She loved me the only way she knew how while living her own life in shame.”

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84. “And maybe it means that you have to stand the strongest during the hardest of life’s times.”

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85. “For hundreds of years, people have categorized others as less so they could feel like more.”

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86. “Whatever separates us in life has no relevance in death.”

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87. “While there, my father said to me that beauty in such true form must be rare, for only then do humans appreciate it.”

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88. “But the compassion of humans forced me to believe that there must be something or someone more powerful to have placed such perfection on this earth.”

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89. “Their way of life is not for us to judge but our opportunity to learn.”

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90. “I wish it weren’t just the few forced onto the path that learned the reward of giving your heart to a child not born to them.”

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91. “But laws are slow to change what is in people’s hearts.”

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92. “She, like every other woman, was expected to support first her father, then her husband, and finally her sons. Their failures and successes defined her place.”

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93. “Chara often said that a daughter’s love was fleeting. A girl’s time with her family was spent preparing for the day she would leave home to become part of another’s. A mother saw a daughter as a reflection of who she was – a strabger in every home she occupied. It was only when a son was raised and wedded that the mother could at last stake her place in the world. Because then she was able to look upon the bride entering the home as the stranger, and she, at last, was the familiar one.”

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94. “Sometimes it feels like an excuse to be unkind. When everyone is doing it, maybe it feels acceptable?”

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95. “And to never forget that when you offer a hand of respect, you will in turn be welcomed.”

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96. “I hope I learn when to stand small so others can feel tall.”

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97. “She set the course of our mother-daughter relationship and cemented it to what we are today – two strangers with blood as our bond.”

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98. “Amisha giggled at the parade of cows with bells on their necks.”

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99. “A dream may be the only window to the unknown.”

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100. “Given the freedom to decide, have I ever made a decision, or have I blindly followed the steps laid out for me?”

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