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"I am tickled! “I don’t know if I like spotted dick, is sounding quite unhygienic.”" — 3 hours, 18 min ago
"I am tickled! “I don’t know if I like spotted dick, is sounding quite unhygienic.”" — 3 hours, 18 min ago
The amateur sleuth hobby had not been how I planned to spend my retirement years.
“When you preserve skies,
you preserve lands.
When you preserve lands,
you preserve trees.
When you preserve trees,
you preserve forests.
When you preserve forests,
you preserve animals.
When you preserve animals,
you preserve people.
When you preserve streams,
you preserve rivers.
When you preserve rivers,
you preserve lakes.
When you preserve lakes,
you preserve seas.
When you preserve seas,
you preserve oceans.
When you preserve oceans,
you preserve the world.”
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you preserve lands.
When you preserve lands,
you preserve trees.
When you preserve trees,
you preserve forests.
When you preserve forests,
you preserve animals.
When you preserve animals,
you preserve people.
When you preserve streams,
you preserve rivers.
When you preserve rivers,
you preserve lakes.
When you preserve lakes,
you preserve seas.
When you preserve seas,
you preserve oceans.
When you preserve oceans,
you preserve the world.”
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“Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.”
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“Women didn’t get to be bad boys.”
― Seven Days in June
― Seven Days in June
“A fertile tree has no reason to yearn for another tree's fruit.”
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“A handwritten letter is a treat for me now—quaint!—and you couldn’t pay me to pick up your phone call. God help you if you leave a voice mail.”
― Welcome to the United States of Anxiety: Observations from a Reforming Neurotic
― Welcome to the United States of Anxiety: Observations from a Reforming Neurotic
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