“True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.”
― Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
― Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
“Life, they showed me, could go on no matter how unpredictable, no matter how unfair.”
― The End of Normal: A Wife's Anguish, a Widow's New Life
― The End of Normal: A Wife's Anguish, a Widow's New Life
“Even in the worst of times, I’ve always known that nothing is permanent. No feeling is permanent and as much as you think bad feelings will kill you, they won’t.”
― unSweetined: A Memoir
― unSweetined: A Memoir
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