Jewel

Musician

1974-05-23

Quotes by Jewel

• This is the best worst time of my life.

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• My hands are small, I knowBut they're not yours, they are my ownBut they're not yours, they are my ownAnd I am never broken

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• My innocence is not lost— it has been converted into wisdom. The sensation we call breaking is the pain that comes from resisting the truth. Life broke parts of me that needed to fall away for me to live an open and truthful life.

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• You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

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• Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone.Friendship and trust should be earned, and when you're famous, people seem to want to give them to you whether you've earned them or not, and it felt dishonest to me. Fame was not real. It was all a projection— fame made me a blank canvas that people projected their love, lust, troubles, self-worth, and desire upon. Fame and power do not change us, they amplify us.

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• Reality wins, and I'd rather see the truth than stay in love with a fantasy.

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• What we believe as human nature in actuality is human habit.

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• I watched love and life play out in a million ways, but one of the best things I learned was this: You don't outrun pain.

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• Betrayal converts our innocence to wisdom if we can let go of pain, bitterness, and fear and create enough self-love and safety for ourselves to allow it to do so.

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• The truest treasure is a soul who believes in its own existence

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• It was hard to bear your soul while someone was talking to their friend about a new sweater they bought.

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• The things you fear are undefeatablenot by their nature but by your approach

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• Well in case you failed to notice,In case you failed to see,This is my heart bleeding before you,This is me down on my kneesThese foolish games are tearing me apartYour thoughtless words are breaking my heartYou're breaking my heart

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• Don't worry mother, it'll be alrightAnd don't worry sister, say your prayers and sleep rightIt'll be fine lover of mineIt'll be just fineLend your voices only to sounds of freedomNo longer lend you strength to that which you wish to be free fromFill your lives with love and braveryAnd you shall lead a live uncommon

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• I watched love and life play out in a million ways, but one of the best things I learned was this: You don't outrun pain.

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• Don't worry mother, it'll be alrightAnd don't worry sister, say your prayers and sleep rightIt'll be fine lover of mineIt'll be just fineLend your voices only to sounds of freedomNo longer lend you strength to that which you wish to be free fromFill your lives with love and braveryAnd you shall lead a live uncommon

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• You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

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• Betrayal converts our innocence to wisdom if we can let go of pain, bitterness, and fear and create enough self-love and safety for ourselves to allow it to do so.

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• Reality wins, and I'd rather see the truth than stay in love with a fantasy.

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• It was hard to bear your soul while someone was talking to their friend about a new sweater they bought.

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