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“Most of us lived in a state of constant calibration, tweaking one area of life in hopes of bringing more steadiness to another.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“It was the very thing I’d had to create room for in our shared life, to coexist with, even if reluctantly. It aggravated me sometimes no end, but it was also what I could never disavow in Barack.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

“Suzanne’s sudden death had awakened me to the idea that I wanted more joy and meaning in my life.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming