Sarah
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“What gets our attention is what gives our lives meaning. Where we spend our time determines what we accomplish and what we become good at.”
― How to Stand Up to a Dictator
― How to Stand Up to a Dictator
“I laughed and then we were doing that thing again, our thing: laughing into one another's eyes. All that time I had thought I was jollying you along when all that time you were jollying along me.”
― Soldier Sailor
― Soldier Sailor
“The disaster has to be on a certain scale for busy people to take the time to sympathise and pay attention. The world is overrun with stimulation, so that's just how it is.”
― The Disaster Tourist
― The Disaster Tourist
“Nightbitch herself explained that her work was meant to underscore the brutality of motherhood, how a child’s first act is violence against the woman who created it. Yet the mother loves the child with the most powerful love known in this universe”
― Nightbitch
― Nightbitch
“Sometimes we are too close. Sometimes our creativity, our relationship, our book, our project, this thing we are working so hard on, needs space from us. It’s okay, sometimes, to not just ask for help, but to acknowledge that in fact help might be the only answer. The truth is, there will be times where you actually must step away from what you love in order to love it right, when your absence might be more helpful than your presence. There will be times when in fact the right thing to do is to say, “I need a break.”
― I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
― I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
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