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rich people love reminding each other about how incredibly rich they are, so rich that they can buy things from God.
Panic spreads through the group like pee in a tent.
it has had so much plastic surgery it looks like a sneaker that’s been tied too tightly.
Adults always think they can protect children by stopping them from going to dangerous places,
every teenager knows that’s pointless,
The richer people like her get, the fewer things they like,
What happens next is both stupid and logical, much like most of life, really.
by Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day,”
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
“I’m not worried you’re going to die.
I’m worried about you being dead.
Being a parent is so strange, all our children’s pain belongs to us, but so does their joy.
Art is what we leave of ourselves in other people.
Ted lets out a middle-aged sigh, which is a quite particular type of sigh,
🤣🤣🤣 It sure is!
it takes far more effort than a teenage sigh.
Tyrants can’t be beaten, only destroyed,
The most dangerous place on earth is inside us.
For sure!
sometimes you don’t appreciate your own blessings until you see the envy in someone else.
Mary Oliver: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Ragnar Sandberg, whose words his mom had quoted to him throughout his childhood:
“He paints like the birds sing.”
People always say that you should live as if every day was your last,
but when you have children you realize that you have to live as if every day was their first.
“Is it horrible being an adult?” the girl asked.
“Unbearable,” the mother replied. “You fail with almost everything, all the time.”
That the human body can cry forever.
now. Some works of art shouldn’t be owned by anyone.
They should belong to everyone.”
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry
