Melissa Carpenter

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“No one ever said that you would live to see the repercussions of everything you do, or that you have guarantees, or that you are not obliged to wander in the dark, or that everything will be proved to you and neatly verified like something in science. Nothing is: at least nothing that is worthwhile.”
― Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale

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“But something happens when the story you tell yourself turns out not to be your story at all. You have to figure out what to replace it with. Something needs to grow in the space left behind. [p. 280]”
― Julie Buxbaum, Hope and Other Punchlines

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“And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

tags: memories, wisdom

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“Three things?” I ask. “I read about it in a book. Seems like a good way to get to know someone. Having to choose three things.”
― Julie Buxbaum, Hope and Other Punch Lines

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