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“Sometimes I think the greatest talent of all is perseverance.”
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
“All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?”
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
“There comes a time in every mother’s life when it becomes very clear that your child is a much better person than you are, but you’re not allowed to say this because then where would you go from there—admitting such a thing to a nine-year-old?”
― The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After
― The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After
“As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.”
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“Every year, the memories I have of my father become more faint, unclear, and distant. once they were vivid and true, then they became like photographs, and now they are more like photographs of photographs. But sometimes, at rare moments, a memory of him will return to me with such suddenness and clarity that all the feeling I’ve pushed down for years springs out like a jack-in-the-box.”
― The History of Love
― The History of Love
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