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“Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.”
― Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot
― Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot

“Violence was a slippery slope, lubricated by a lot of blood, if history had any lessons to teach.”
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

“The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,” which would come to be regurgitated with great regularity by hospital administration and by Dr. Kowatch, would eventually evolve to become what I would describe as an unhealthy infatuation, one that I now understand represented the developing disconnect between the majority of the Heart Center team and hospital administration, which would ultimately have detrimental effects on the program, which would become visible to all in the near future.”
― Burned Out
― Burned Out
“Life is so outrageous I could not have imagined it, made all the
sweeter because it cannot last. It is all about today. Today is the
best day ever because tomorrow might not happen.”
― Living the Best Day Ever
sweeter because it cannot last. It is all about today. Today is the
best day ever because tomorrow might not happen.”
― Living the Best Day Ever

“Is it still a fish cart when there’s no fish in it? When its false bottom is filled with children?”
― Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel
― Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel
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