But my hold on my mental health was tenuous. My father’s dementia had progressed and left him with delusions and the inability to control bodily functions. He needed someone nearby all the time, a responsibility that fell to my mom and me.
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“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.”
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“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“It's easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time.”
― How Will You Measure Your Life?
― How Will You Measure Your Life?
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