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Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.

—Khaled Hosseini

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I am a patient boy,
I wait,
I wait,
I wait,
I wait.

—Fugazi

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The waiting is the hardest part.

—Tom Petty

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You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.

—Craig Bruce

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The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

—Bertrand Russell

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Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet.

—French proverb

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The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience.

—Leo Tolstoy

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You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

—Winnie-the-Pooh

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To live in the gap
between the moment
that is expiring
and the one
that is arising.

—Tibetan Book of the Dead

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I will wait for you.

—Ani DiFranco

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Poem: Waiting for a Poem

Poem: Waiting Room

Poem: Bardo

Waiting games

On waiting

What if the thing you’re waiting for never arrives?

Bardo

Letting go in the bardo

The great in-between

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