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“I was thinking about how I had struggled and strained for years, as Karen had, and toward things that were disastrous for me. And maybe that was unavoidable. The pilgrims and the lost often did look the same, as Denys had once told me. And it was possible everyone ended up in the same place no matter which path we took or how often we fell to our knees, undoubtedly wiser for all of it.”
― Paula McLain, Circling the Sun

“Twende tu," she called out in Swahili as she buckled her helmet. I am going.”
― Paula McLain, Circling the Sun

“Don't let the things you have to do take over the things you love to do.”
― Susan Wiggs, Family Tree

“I felt what I often feel, a deep respect for the courage of ordinary people - the people that get up every morning and do what needs to be done.”
― Mary Pipher, Letters to a Young Therapist