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Happiness is a place between too little and too much. —Finnish proverb
Reject before rejected.”
A wall is not a door to good parenting.”
“However large or small a group is, the addition of one person will forever change interactions, and preexisting ground rules no longer apply.”
How could recklessness be rewarded?
“I want good things for the people I love. That will make me happy, and I get to keep them in my life.”
Being the only person taking care of the world is hard work.”
I was also introduced to the deep end of sorrow. Sorrow of being alone. Sorrow at giving myself away so quickly. Sorrow at losing the fairy tale by marrying too early and losing so much.
Her unwavering belief was that thoughts alone created the kind of life you deserved,
Men are one chromosome away from a cricket.”
“I’m an artist, you guys. Truth is a flexible concept.”
Got a problem? Get a dog.
Why did crying in public feel shameful?
The experience was like Vegas—wholly over the top and with an entire foot over the line of decency.
