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Our eyes perceive so dimly, and our brains are so easily confused. Far better, I believe, to be like children and open ourselves to every beautiful possibility, for there is nothing our hearts can imagine that is not so.
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I'm on the hold list at the library for this book. Looking forward to reading it.
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Wonderful quote. There are so many in this terrific book.
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Andy  Marr
“I’ve come close enough a few times to know there’s no good way to go. Some ways are better than others, of course, but however it happens, the end result will always be the same. I guess all you can do is try to be happy and make the most of your days, so when the time comes, the people you leave behind can rest happy knowing you lived your best life.”
Andy Marr, A Matter of Life and Death

Emily Dickinson
“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”
Emily Dickinson

Elizabeth Strout
“Who knows why people are different? We are born with a certain nature, I think. And then the world takes its swings at us.”
Elizabeth Strout, Lucy by the Sea

Neil Gaiman
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
Neil Gaiman

Desmond Tutu
“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."

[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]”
Desmond Tutu

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