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Amy Rhoda Brown

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Amy Rhoda ’s Quotes

“Life’s disappointments are harder to take if you don’t know any swear words.”
― Heather Shumaker, It's OK Not to Share and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids

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“The success of a book, far from elevating its author, belittled him, transforming him into merchandise.”
― Antoine Lilti, The Invention of Celebrity

tags: authors, celebrity, objectification

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“She always said, 'When I'm home, I've got to get things done, even if there are visitors. Elizabeth knows how to relax in her own house.' And then she would shake her head, as if Elizabeth had remarkable powers.”
― Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

tags: anxiety, cleaning, home, housework, relaxation

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“I understand how insubstantial this seems, how minor: man buys a coffee in French! But it was Gégé and Jean-Claude, and my own Walker, who reminded me how to do that simpest thing. They reminded me not to be ashamed. That is never a small accomplishment.”
― Ian Brown, The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son

tags: accomplishment, fear, language-learning, shame, success, triumph

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“Going on intuition is like picking up a beat and dancing to it. Using intuition is a hard thing for grownups to do, and that's the main reason I think it might be the right thing for us to do. Kids, after all, operate on it about eighty percent of the time.”
― Stephen King

tags: children, intuition

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