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‘You’re still smiling,’ she said. I couldn’t stop. I had a stupid grin on my face and my eyes were full of tears.
“I think the only way to properly face doom is to be on time.”
― A Partial History of Lost Causes
― A Partial History of Lost Causes
“It was the end of March, the time of year in New England when you feel yourself regaining the will to live.”
― A Partial History of Lost Causes
― A Partial History of Lost Causes
“major export is people who are funny and smart, who have advanced degrees, who read on public transportation.”
― A Partial History of Lost Causes
― A Partial History of Lost Causes
“No matter how huge your loss, as long as you remain engaged with your life, the best days of your life may still be ahead of you.
Don't misunderstand me: the pain of your loss will remain with you for the rest of your life. But great joy will be there right beside it.
Deep sorrow and deep joy can exist within you, side by side. At every moment. And it's not confusing. And it's not a conflict.”
― This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
Don't misunderstand me: the pain of your loss will remain with you for the rest of your life. But great joy will be there right beside it.
Deep sorrow and deep joy can exist within you, side by side. At every moment. And it's not confusing. And it's not a conflict.”
― This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
“The living always resent the claims of the dead, especially when the dead are still living.”
― A Partial History of Lost Causes
― A Partial History of Lost Causes
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