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Carma DeFries
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Part of Trump’s effectiveness is the way he talks to his audience, taking them into his confidence with personal asides, talking about how misunderstood and maligned he is by the media. He further earns his followers’ sympathy and
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“Even as all the experts kindly tell the parents of addicts, “You didn’t cause it,” I have not let myself off the hook. I often feel as if I completely failed my son. In admitting this, I am not looking for sympathy or absolution, but instead stating a truth that will be recognized by most parents who have been through this.”
― Beautiful Boy
― Beautiful Boy
“She said that sometimes you had to be brave enough to “point your life in a new direction.”
― What Alice Forgot
― What Alice Forgot
“our children live or die with or without us. No matter what we do, no matter how we agonize or obsess, we cannot choose for our children whether they live or die. It is a devastating realization, but also liberating. I finally chose life for myself. I chose the perilous but essential path that allows me to accept that Nic will decide for himself how—and whether—he will live his life.”
― Beautiful Boy
― Beautiful Boy
“The Oregonian published an exposé by reporter Steve Suo that reveals that the government could have contained (and could still contain) the meth epidemic. Only nine factories manufacture the bulk of the world’s supply of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, but pharmaceutical companies—and legislators influenced by them—have stopped every move that would have effectively controlled the distribution of the chemicals so they could not be diverted to meth superlabs.”
― Beautiful Boy
― Beautiful Boy
“You’re safe, I remembered whispering to Quintana when I first saw her in the ICU at UCLA. I’m here. You’re going to be all right. Half of her skull had been shaved for surgery. I could see the long cut and the metal staples that held it closed. She was again breathing only through an endotracheal tube. I’m here. Everything’s fine . . . I would take care of her. It would be all right. It also occurred to me that this was a promise I could not keep. I could not always take care of her. I could not never leave her. She was no longer a child. She was an adult. Things happened in life that mothers could not prevent or fix. —JOAN DIDION, The Year of Magical Thinking”
― Beautiful Boy
― Beautiful Boy
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Biography, Children's, Classics, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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