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“Recent studies of recreational cyclists aged fifty-five to seventy-nine suggest they have the capacity to do everyday tasks very easily and efficiently because nearly all parts of their body are in remarkably good condition.”
― Sanjay Gupta, Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence. . . sort of like the Post Office with tanks. — Emo Philips, joking about the USSR”
― Francis Tapon, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us

“And life, life has swept her along like a tiny seashell onto sand, has washed over her and now, suddenly, she is old. Her mother is dead. There is no one to ask the questions she needs to ask.”
― Hala Alyan, Salt Houses