“People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they continue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. It is as though they were traveling abroad.”
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“Because you live to love and love to live/ And because of what your heardrum will give/ Now we might love to live and live to love.”
― For the Love of Art
― For the Love of Art
“The danger of motherhood. you relive your early self, through the eyes of your mother.”
― The Gravedigger's Daughter
― The Gravedigger's Daughter
“by and large,mothers and house wives are the only workers who do not have regular time off.They are the great vacationless class”
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“In my previous life I was a civil attorney. At one point I truly believed that was what I wanted to be- but that was before I'd been handed a fistful of crushed violets from a toddler. Before I understood that the smile of a child is a tattoo: indelible art. ”
― My Sister's Keeper
― My Sister's Keeper
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