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James gives me a blank stare through the perfectly unsmudged lenses of his glasses. From this close, it’s impossible to miss that he has really pretty eyes. But, like many men, he ruins the effect by speaking.
“We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
“copy: “I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Open Book
― Open Book
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
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“She had mailed them a few days before she died, wishing everyone a great future. It was a powerful lesson in creating a legacy by choosing your words with intention. We are on this earth such a short time, cruelly short in Sarah’s case. What message did I want to leave behind?”
― Open Book
― Open Book
“What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
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