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“When someone is mourning, there is absolutely nothing you could say to alleviate their pain.
Just sit with them, hold their hands, and be present and compassionate.”
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Just sit with them, hold their hands, and be present and compassionate.”
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“The Tuesday Seamstress said
our souls were sewn apart.
Delicate embroidered tomorrows
travelled without a start.”
― Under the Rose
our souls were sewn apart.
Delicate embroidered tomorrows
travelled without a start.”
― Under the Rose
“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”
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“Girls can be athletic. Guys can have feelings. Girls can be smart. Guys can be creative. And vice versa. Gender is specific only to your reproductive organs (and sometimes not even to those), not your interest, likes, dislikes, goals, and ambitions.”
― A Work in Progress
― A Work in Progress
“Aboard the gondola, Giacomo Foscarini sat facing Mathias. They were crossing the Canal Grande, then they would navigate around San Marco and return. Foscarini loved to travel around Venice this way. They stopped briefly at a mooring near the bridge to the Rialto, and Foscarini had a servant fetch green olives, fresh Piacenza cheese, a few sausages from Modena, and wine that had just been delivered from Crete. The nobleman often dined aboard his gondola, looking out over the city, watching his world. "Seen from this vantage point, Venice doesn't seem like it's in any of its terrible troubles at all magister," said Foscarini.”
― The Lion and the Rose
― The Lion and the Rose
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