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“Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.”
― Paul Auster

“You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person in the world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else.”
― Paul Auster, Winter Journal

“Forgetting," I said, "is probably as much a part of life as remembering. We're all amnesiacs.”
― Siri Hustvedt, What I Loved

“He was one of those people in New York who was purported to "know everybody". "Knowing everybody" is a phrase that denotes not having many relations with people but having relations with a few people generally thought to be significant and powerful.”
― Siri Hustvedt, What I Loved

“What do I need to have in my life to feel deeply satisfied? What do I know in my heart is keeping me from feeling satisfied and successful? What situations, relationships, beliefs, attitudes, thoughts, feelings, and choices have I made that are no longer serving me? If I had a year to live, where would I be? Who would I be with? What would I be doing?”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women