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“A very wise dog woman once told me that dogs find owners, not the other way around. They pick you and they choose to stay with you. In that way, they are also giving you the end of their life. The deeper the bond, the harder it is to say good-bye. I know I’d rather have any amount of time with a dog I love and suffer the mourning than not have the time at all.”
― You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness
― You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness
“My greatest fear was appearing stupid; a fear I will carry with me for the rest of my life—a tattoo across my forehead only I can see. All I wanted was to be invisible.”
― Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain
― Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain
“Sometimes your life changes so slowly and imperceptibly that you don't notice it at all until one day you wake up and think, 'How did I get here?' But other times, life changes in an instant with a lightning stroke of good or bad luck with glorious or tragic consequences.”
― Nine Perfect Strangers
― Nine Perfect Strangers
“You know the most dangerous man in America? Black man with a library card.”
― Burning Bright
― Burning Bright
“No one had told me that sleep disturbances affect most head-injured folk, sometimes permanently, or that a lack of sleep would significantly hamper rehabilitation. I would never have another normal”
― Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain
― Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain
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