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April 25 - April 27, 2022
But for the young, families should not be things you cling to. They should be something that helps propel you to new heights. The trick, you see, is knowing when to let go.
hopes are fragile and the world is hard. You should walk into it prepared.
it’s better to have the information at hand than to be found wanting.”
lives might be built on a foundation of ideals, but that the rest of the construction is made of compromises.”
religion has been used through the centuries as a goad to enforce the law,”
“That the ones hovering above are not just the dead but whoever happens to be in power, whoever is holding on to that goad.”
I always feel so awkward and out of place, and then I get going on the unspoken caste system in modern American culture and how in some ways it’s more regressive than older civilizations,
Our willingness to believe the unbelievable if it provides comfort.
“She wasn’t the prettiest girl around, but she was pretty enough. She had a look about her. Confidence, I guess it was. Men find that sort of thing attractive until they’re up close with it. Then they start thinking they might prefer something a little meeker.”
“Your experience with the world has taught you that doorways are things to fear rather than opportunities for wonder and adventure.”
“If we never go back and examine what we have as a whole, we might not see the pattern that exists in the chaos.”
“Spend every moment gnawing on the things you know and you might miss a new morsel that comes your way.”
“Be as circumspect as you feel is needed,” she’d told me. “But do not deny who you are. There will always be someone looking to beat you down. Do not do their job for them.”
“Better to be prepared than found wanting.”
The trick is knowing when to let go.
Hold on tight to what you can while you can. There’s not a better world out there. There never will be. Unless we make it.
