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Yaffa is my daughter’s name. I put my ears near her mouth when she speaks, and I hear Yaffa’s sea, waves lapping against the shore. I look in her eyes, and I see my grandparents’ footsteps still imprinted on the sand.
“As for myself, I am splintered by great waves. I am coloured glass from a church window long since shattered. I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.”
― Lighthousekeeping
― Lighthousekeeping
“And sometimes focusing on what you can control is the only way to lessen the pang in your chest when you think about the things you can't.”
― With the Fire on High
― With the Fire on High
“Fred Rogers never—ever—let the urgency of work or life impede his focus on what he saw as basic human values: integrity, respect, responsibility, fairness and compassion, and of course his signature value, kindness.”
― The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
― The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
“No, it's not, Holmesy. You pick your endings, and your beginnings. You get to pick the frame, you know? Maybe you don't choose what's in the picture, but you decide the frame.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“All pain is the same. Only the details are different.”
― The Yellow Birds
― The Yellow Birds
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