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Kelly
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it was as if her tragedy had been washed, folded, and snapped into one of those black tin trunks filled with trousseau saris and mothballed woolens that outlasted generations.
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
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“We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.”
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“There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.”
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“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
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Kelly’s 2025 Year in Books
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