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“I did not care if Ella went to Princeton, if she was exceptionally pretty, if she grew up to marry a rich man, or really if she married at all - there were many incarnations of her I felt confident I could embrace, a hippie or a housewife or a career woman. But what I did care about, what I wanted most fervently, was for her to understand that hard work paid off, that decency begat decency, that humility was not a raincoat you occasionally pulled on when you thought conditions called for it, but rather a constant way of existing in the world, knowing that good luck and bad luck touched everyone and none of us was fully responsible for our fortunes or tragedies. Above all, I wanted my daughter to understand that many people were guided by bitterness and that it was best to avoid these individuals - their moods and behavior were a hornet's nest you had no possible reason to do anything other than bypass and ignore.”
― American Wife
― American Wife
“It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.”
― Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
― Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“It was like love, he thought, this crumbling chapel: it has been complicated, and therefore perfected, by what time had done to it”
― The Invisible Bridge
― The Invisible Bridge
“It occurred to me that that's what friends should do: cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.”
― Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
― Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
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