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“It struck me that the Russian word for compassion, sostradaniye, derived from the word suffering, stradaniye, and literally meant co-suffering. A compassionate person was, in Russian, a co-sufferer.”
― Back to Moscow
― Back to Moscow
“And so the geek inherited the earth.”
― Permanent Record
― Permanent Record
“you aren’t really an adult until you bury a parent or become one yourself. But what no one ever mentions is that for kids of a certain age, divorce is like both of those happening simultaneously”
― Permanent Record
― Permanent Record
“If you lose it every time he tries to come clean, you’re encouraging him to lie.”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
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