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Mother Mary Comes to Me

by Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 24, 2026 05:31AM

“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
― Woody Allen

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“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
― Socrates

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“The menu is not the meal.”
― Alan Watts

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