I also liked to point out that Obama’s was the first administration in decades in which nobody had been indicted. It was a low bar, sure, but it was one that only he cleared.
“Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy need only one hour of animal-assisted therapy a week to see their depression and anxiety reduced by half.”
― Running with Sherman: How a Rescue Donkey Inspired a Rag-tag Gang of Runners to Enter the Craziest Race in America
― Running with Sherman: How a Rescue Donkey Inspired a Rag-tag Gang of Runners to Enter the Craziest Race in America
“Sometimes the universe throws people together at exactly the right time,”
― Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope
― Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope
“Why wouldn’t he recognize that Washington was an operating environment that didn’t reward loyalty and courage? It rewarded treachery and self-interest. Adapt or die.”
― Enemy at the Gates
― Enemy at the Gates
“Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy, as it says in the book of Proverbs.”
― The First Ladies
― The First Ladies
“Then it came to me. The only way to be free was to forgive them—and forgive myself. It was advice I’d heard plenty of times, but on that day in the hotel, I was ready to do it. In an instant, I stopped expecting anything from them. Their approval, friendship, understanding, empathy, love. And I stopped believing that Dad, Mom, and Mona were right about me—or any of us. I didn’t want to carry around the burden of longing and guilt and shame anymore. I was done.”
― The Pale-Faced Lie
― The Pale-Faced Lie
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