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"After reading The Mermaid again, it made me wonder why people expect others they're close to, to change to suit their own wants & needs better. It feels immature for Julie to expect Nick to choose her over his own son or to push Jake to move on quicker after his mother's death. The boy's only nine years old and lost his mother when he was only seven! What sane human being sees that as morally just?" — May 19, 2026 11:08AM
"After reading The Mermaid again, it made me wonder why people expect others they're close to, to change to suit their own wants & needs better. It feels immature for Julie to expect Nick to choose her over his own son or to push Jake to move on quicker after his mother's death. The boy's only nine years old and lost his mother when he was only seven! What sane human being sees that as morally just?" — May 19, 2026 11:08AM
“Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that make him sick.”
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“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.”
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“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”
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“My father could have been a great comedian but he didn't believe that that was possible for him, and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe jog as an accountant and when I was 12 years old he was let go from that safe job, and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father. Not the least of which was that: You can fail at what you don't want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
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