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1 " The gift of willingness is the only thing that stands between the quiet desperation of a disingenuous life and the actualization of unexpressed potential. "
― James Patrick McDonald , Who Would I Be Without: Based On a True Story of a Little Willingness
2 " I walked to Mairangi Bay beach, day after day, seeking companionship in the roar of the ocean, and contemplating the shipwreck of my life. There, in that isolated wilderness, amidst the screaming gulls, and consistent rhythm of the tides, I channeled my chaotic thoughts through my pen and released them into poetry, until the quiet desperation passed and I was secure in the knowledge that I had made it through another day. "
― B.G. Bowers , Death and Life
3 " The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity. "
