Michelle

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Michelle’s Bookshelves

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Michelle’s Quotes

“I never want to see anyone, and I never want to go anywhere or do anything. I just want to write.”
― P. G. Wodehouse

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“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”
― Brad Meltzer

tags: compassion, humanity, kindness

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“Hugo?’ ‘Millicent?’ ‘Is that you?’ ‘Yes. Is that you?’ ‘Yes.’ Anything in the nature of misunderstanding was cleared away. It was both of them.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Summer Lightning

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“It is, after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster’s shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars with other oysters.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“We want autonomy for ourselves and safety for those we love. That remains the main problem and paradox for the frail. Many of the things that we want for those we care about are things that we would adamantly oppose for ourselves because they would infringe upon our sense of self.”
― Atul Gawande

tags: autonomy, elderly-care, independence, sense-of-self

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