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It’s almost painful, the way little children just trustingly hold out their hearts for you to look at—the way they haven’t learned yet how to conceal what matters to them, even if it’s just chewing gum or a plush dolphin or plastic ...more

How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith

by Mariann Edgar Budde

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“When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator.”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

tags: grief-and-loss

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“I had spent a lifetime hating my appearance in the present and then appreciating it in retrospect.”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

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“The point of desperation is often the point of truth.”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

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“It occurs to her that at any particular moment, you can only be most alarmed about one thing.”
― Jessica Soffer, This Is a Love Story

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“It’s almost painful, the way little children just trustingly hold out their hearts for you to look at—the way they haven’t learned yet how to conceal what matters to them, even if it’s just chewing gum or a plush dolphin or plastic binoculars.”
― Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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