Laurel Lee
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He gripped my hand tightly and emphasized each word. “Pastor,” he said, “You. Need. To shape. Up.” “Oh?” This is my go-to response when a person says something strange or out of character. I’ve found that a simple “Oh?” invites them to
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“It occurred to me then that identity is a hierarchy. We are primarily one thing, and then we're primarily another, and then another, and so on, until death- in succession. Each new identity assumes the throne of Self, but takes us further from our original self, perhaps our core self- the child. Yes, evolution, maturation, the path towards wisdom, it's all natural and healthy, but there's a purity to childhood, which is diluted with each iteration.”
― Spare
― Spare
“Even for an occasional practitioner of magical thinking like me, however, some realities just can’t be changed.”
― Spare
― Spare
“The Heir and the Spare—there was no judgment about it, but also no ambiguity. I was the shadow, the support, the Plan B. I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy. I was summoned to provide backup, distraction, diversion and, if necessary, a spare part. Kidney, perhaps. Blood transfusion. Speck of bone marrow. This was all made explicitly clear to me from the start of life’s journey and regularly reinforced thereafter.”
― Spare
― Spare
“Was she free? Technically, yes. She would have loved to run to the edge of campus and scream into the void until modern civilization collapsed, but that wasn't exactly a pressing matter.”
― The Love Hypothesis
― The Love Hypothesis
“He didn’t seem sad, just ready. You have to know when it’s time to go, Harry.”
― Spare
― Spare
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