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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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“She liked going to the gym, or rather, she liked having been to the gym, and the only way to have been was to go.”
― Postcards From the Edge
― Postcards From the Edge
“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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“How can we just be when there is so much to do?”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
“As Ayishat Akanbi put it, “If you’ve decided your healing is dependent on other people acknowledging their faults you’ll still be waiting in your grave.”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
“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
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