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Allison Larkin
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The People We Keep
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Home of the American Circus
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Stay
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Why Can't I Be You
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Swimming for Sunlight
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Meet Whatshername…(No, really, what should we name her?)
Yes, we did adopt a new friend!
I had thought it was too soon after losing Stella — that maybe I needed to take some time to figure out who I am without a dog. But in these past few months, what I’ve figured out is that I’m a person who finds great joy in sharing my life with a dog. I’m a better me all around when I can be the best person to my dog.
And this dog — oh, this dog is magnifi
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“If someone changes so much that they're barely the same person, who are you even missing?”
― The People We Keep
― The People We Keep
“We have people we get to keep, who won’t ever let us go. And that’s the most important part.”
― The People We Keep
― The People We Keep
“I wonder if maybe all you do is meet people & lose them & your smile fades the further you go because you have to carry the space they leave. Maybe it all turns to old pictures on a bookshelf, engaged rings, memories of sticking stars to a ceiling & maybe the space gets bigger & heavier every year.”
― The People We Keep
― The People We Keep
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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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“You forget your bravery. You stop trusting yourself. Other people’s words “You shouldn’t be like that,” in whatever context, become your own words “I am wrong for being like this. It’s my fault.”
― How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life
― How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life
“Heroes doubt themselves at first, just like you, but they go ahead anyway.”
― How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life
― How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life
“If the brain is a house, I like to get right to the terrifying attic and haunted second bathroom of truths and just bypass the vestibule of small talk and boundaries.”
― All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns
― All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns
“Running around the world trying to feel loved does not compare one grain to loving someone else.”
― All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns
― All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns
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Congratulations on your pub day! May it be the first of many!
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