Cathie Ochoa
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“How you still connect with your parents through a book.” She did, and not only through that one. She had most of the books that had belonged to her parents, and she read passages from them every night before she fell asleep or when she had
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“With gratitude, optimism becomes sustainable.”
― No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
― No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
“One of the strange things about adulthood is that you are your current self, but you are also all the selves you used to be, the ones you grew out of but can't ever quite get rid of.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“One of the quickest ways to profoundly change one’s life is to stop consuming toxic foods.”
― Topsy-Turvy World - Vegan Anarchy
― Topsy-Turvy World - Vegan Anarchy
“The older I get, the more I realize the importance of connectivity, not taking people for granted. Don't be so busy "doing you" that you lose sight of those who love and support you. They will be the ones you seek, the ones you need when those you "thought" had your back turn their's away. If you only reach out when you need something, one day you'll discover that lifeline was cut and is now unavailable. Appreciate the good people in your life when it counts, not when it's convenient.”
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“I hope this book carries you somewhere magical. I hope it lest you feel ocean breezes in your hair and smell spilled bear on a karaoke bar’s floor. And then I hope it brings you back. That it brings you home, and it fills you with ferocious gratitude for the people you love. Because, really, it’s less about the places we go than the people we meet along the way. But most of all, it’s about the ones who stay, who become home.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
― People We Meet on Vacation
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