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“When your children are very young it is impossible to imagine a life where they will not live with you, where you will not see them every day or know what they are doing. As they grow up, you gradually untangle your 'self' from their 'selves' until the day arrives when you look at your child and realize the role you play in their life is no longer a central one. It's hard to recognize that your child is independent, but it's also incredibly liberating."
-- from Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story”
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-- from Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have. ”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
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