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Rita
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“Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.”
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“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.”
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“Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.”
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“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Rita’s 2025 Year in Books
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133 books
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136 friends
580 books
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412 books
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3,228 books
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967 books
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296 books
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167 books
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721 books
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