perspective. You believe you have the time to put off that phone call you haven’t made to your mother. You let an old argument fester. You fold down the page in a travel magazine and tell yourself one day, you’ll get to Istanbul or
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“chesed shel emet. A true and loving kindness. You know what a true and loving kindness is? Eh? Children? Look at me.” They stop their wiping. “When you do something for someone that can never be repaid. Like cleaning the graves of the dead. That is a true and loving kindness.”
― The Little Liar
― The Little Liar
“To keep harmony, there are things you might not say, even if you know them to be accurate. It is, technically, an act of deceit. It is also an act of love.”
― The Little Liar
― The Little Liar
“But you serve the Lord or you serve man, and if you choose man, there may be no limit to the orders you will have to follow, or your cruelty.”
― The Little Liar
― The Little Liar
“because if we prevented diabetes, they’d go out of business.”
― Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
― Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
“It’s being judged constantly. For your clothes. For your curves. It’s being told every time you turn on the TV that you have to be thinner or more beautiful. It means doing the same job as a man and getting paid less for it. It means if you age naturally you’re letting yourself go, and if you get work done, you’re trying too hard.”
― By Any Other Name
― By Any Other Name
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