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Mary Oliver wrote that at some point in your life, you determine to save the only life you can save—your own.


“Putting these conclusions together, this controlling insight can serve as the One Thing you need to know about happy marriage: Find the most generous explanation for each other’s behavior and believe it.”
― The One Thing You Need to Know: ... About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success
― The One Thing You Need to Know: ... About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success

“Being a parent’s a breeze,” came Alan’s cheerful voice on the wind. “No more difficult than flying a plane with a blindfold on and holes in your wings.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter

“Sentimentality was mawkish and cloying, where nostalgia was acute and aching. It described yearning of the most profound kind: an awareness that time’s passage could not be stopped and there was no going back to reclaim a moment or a person or to do things differently.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter

“...for without contrasts, how does one appreciate the different forms that joy can take?”
― How Long 'til Black Future Month?
― How Long 'til Black Future Month?

“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides

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