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I was upset, which was I felt like she had turned into some kind of weirdly responsible, conservative adult, which was never our plan.
“Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.”
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“I don’t believe in honors, it bothers me, honors bother, honors is epaulettes, honors is uniforms. My papa brought me up this way. I can’t stand it, it hurts me.”
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
“You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.”
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
“I still don’t know whether there are more hard or soft things in the world,”
― What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
― What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
“You must learn that it is not important for you to ask questions. Nobody needs for you to ask questions. Your job is to follow procedure. Following procedure does not require questions.”
― Go to work and do your job. Care for your children. Pay your bills. Obey the law. Buy products.
― Go to work and do your job. Care for your children. Pay your bills. Obey the law. Buy products.
Ask Anne Lamott - Thursday, December 12th!
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