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One quickly learns that one of the greatest lessons in life is knowing when to keep one’s own counsel. This modern need to expose everything about oneself at the expense of other people is not particularly palatable. It’s not right to say
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“How can we just be when there is so much to do?”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
“Love liberates. It doesn't bind. Love says, I love you. I love you if you're in China. I love you if you're across town. I love you if you're in Harlem. I love you. I would like to be near you. I'd like to have your arms around me. I'd like to hear your voice in my ear. But that's not possible now, so I love you. Go.”
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“How do I stay alive for other people if I have no one?’ The answer is that you stay alive for other versions of you. For the people you will meet, yes, sure, but also the people you will be.”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
“The saddest word
in the whole wide world
is the word almost.
He was almost in love.
She was almost good for him.
He almost stopped her.
She almost waited.
He almost lived.
They almost made it.”
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in the whole wide world
is the word almost.
He was almost in love.
She was almost good for him.
He almost stopped her.
She almost waited.
He almost lived.
They almost made it.”
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“I asked him if there was any effective treatment for people like Bundy. “He paused for a moment and said, ‘Only a sledgehammer between the eyes.”
― The Stranger Beside Me
― The Stranger Beside Me
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