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#1

“You become a man when you give your family the best of who you are.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

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#2

“I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven't seen, how much I'm not going to see, and how much I still need to see."
- The Legacy Letters, by Carew Papritz”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, quote, quotes, the-legacy-letters, travel

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#3

“Time. Either you are for it or against it. So be here now. Not later. Do what you want to do, and with the people you love. Learn to appreciate time and make doing so a habit. And if you want to do nothing, then enjoy doing it well. Why do anything by half? Why live a life diluted? What's the use?”
― Carew Papritz

tags: carew-papritz, the-legacy-letters, time

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#4

“It's not who you are, but what you're made of. It's not where you come from, but where you're going to.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

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#5

“Kids are kids and not little adults. They're watching and listening to you all the time. They're figuring out the game plan but still don't know all the rules. Talk straight to them and they'll respect you for it.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, kids, the-legacy-letters

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#6

“Dream Bravely.

Find fearlessness inside of you. Dare, and fear will falter. Challenge, and fear will flee. This is the beginning of your dream-making.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

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#7

“Money can buy you everything to fill your time but it cannot buy time itself. And things are definitely not time.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, money, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, the-legacy-letters, time

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#8

“Who will you be my Little Ones?

Who will you be, my Little Ones?
Will you dance for the fires of your youth
and run at midnight to water's edge,
diving into summer's heat?
Will you ride a wild mare
to any thought or dream or love of your making?
Will you seek the artistry of your own infatuations
and explore all the reckless and eccentric corners
of your own impetuous world?”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, the-legacy-letters, who-will-you-be-my-little-ones

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#9

“The Everything and Nothing of Money

The Legacy Letters
By Carew Papritz

Summer, and you are the first man and the first woman to kiss. The first to know the exacting, steeling pain of a broken heart. The first to know everything about the whole cascading universe of gods and stars and lunacy and tenderness. Thus you become the first man and woman to know love. And God help you, for you are now the first man and woman in the world.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, the-legacy-letters

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#10

“Wind now Sweeping over my Bare Back

I wish I could wrap up the glitter star-green of this moment and hand it to you like an angel gift.
Give you the heat lightning flying in jagged silence over the distant mountains. And the smell of September prairie grass and the even fainter scent of October pine now descending . . .
Give you the invisible sage wind whisking past your cheeks. And the cricket quartets and frog symphonies that play near the creek’s edge.
To collect these sensations like a scientist of the soul and give them to you in their finest hour of coincidence and destiny.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

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#11

“To Remember you so Vividly"

To remember you so vividly, dancing there, with sweet champagne pulsing through your veins . . . to know what it's like to feel another's presence pulsing through mine. And each time, looking forward to popping that enchanted cork with you and really disappearing from the world as we knew it—wondering if we would ever return.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

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#12

“Starting the Day

The Legacy Letters
By Carew Papritz

Sometimes we make being happy so difficult. And being thankful such a chore. Starting the day like a job we hate. Beginning it like swallowing ten tablespoons of devil-made cough syrup. Because somehow along the way we forget that being alive and healthy and happy are noble goals-or just good ideas. And that the opposite of being alive is being dead. What a choice.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, quote, starting-the-day, the-legacy-letters, thelegacyletters

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#13

“Rain. Tumble, bumble and, fall on me. Any old day, any old way. Come for a visit, or come for a stay. Rain, rain, don't go away.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, quotes, quotes-on-life, quotes-to-live-by, rain, the-legacy-letters

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#14

“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

tags: vulnerability

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#15

“And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

tags: inexperience, life

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#16

“Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.”
― Martin Amis

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#17

“Remember, Little Ones, everything is not important all the time. Only living is important all the time. Not things. Not money. Not more things and more endless money. Spend well the quality of your time. And yes, be greedy with your hours. If only to then give those hours away as the most precious gifts you have to offer to yourself, your family, and your friends. And yes, to my Little Ones.” –From The Legacy Letters–“The Everything and Nothing of Money.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, family, friends, living, parenting, parents, the-legacy-letters, the-quality-of-time

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#18

“Respect both what you need to know and what you don't need to know. Respect mystery, for mystery is still needed to run the universe."

-- The Legacy Letters, by Carew Papritz
"Things I didn't know.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, quote, quotes, the-legacy-letters, things-i-didn-t-know

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#19

“I remember once kissing you, your face lit by northern stars. Promising to grow old with you, and now so simply breaking the promise.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: breaking-the-promise, carew-papritz, kissing-you, promise-to-grow-old, quote, quotes, stars, the-legacy-letters

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#20

“I travel to be replenished with beauty, for travel makes the beauty of this world seem like a Christmas that never ends.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: book, carew-papritz, christmas, quote, quotes, the-legacy-letters, travel

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#21

“These Moments Cascade Upon One Another

"Here at shepherd's dusk, in a valley without echo, I listen for you. With a frayed longing, I hear your shadow voice whispering within me from far away. I grasp at what is left of this husky sun lying golden upon the upper meadows of lodge pole and bear grass. I gather the last remnants of the evening's breeze, so cool and lazy within my arms, feeling it curl up like a small and innocent kitten. And I see that behind a cloak of clouds, dalliance suits the canting moon. Suddenly I do not wish to lose another moment, And I covet all pristine light.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

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#22

“Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.”
― George Saunders

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#23

“When do you become a man? Becoming a man means doing the right thing even though it may be hard or difficult. Boys do what is easiest. A man does what is right, whether easy or not.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: becoming-a-man, carew-papritz, inspirational-books, quote, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, the-legacy-letters, when-do-you-become-a-man

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#24

“Living isn't always red bows and birthday balloons.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: birthday-balloons, carew-papritz, inspirational-quotes, quote, quotes, red-bows, the-legacy-letters

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#25

“With your Christmas-Day-will-never-arrive-soon enough salivations, you anticipate the moment when, like voracious cub lions, you’ll rip open the wrapping paper and feast off your every delicious present.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: carew-papritz, christmas-anticipation-quotes, inspirational-quotes, quotes, the-joy-of-christmas, the-legacy-letters

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#26

“My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot.”
― Ashleigh Brilliant

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#27

“Older doesn't always mean wiser. It just means that you've had more time to do the same things over and over again- right, wrong, and different.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: inspirational, life-lessons, older, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, wise

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#28

“Get someone-anyone-to read books to you. Having books read to you at any age is the supremo ultimato of living.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: books, carew-papritz, inspirational-books, read, reading, reading-books, the-legacy-letters

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#29

“A Good Man. Every night, like a question-and-answer prayer, my son and I recite...What are you going to be? And he says...An honest man. A fair man. A courageous man. And a good man. That's the most important thing, Papa. And my job is finally done. For the night.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: a-good-man, carew-papritz, inspirational-quotes, quote, quotes, the-legacy-letters

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#30

“While all the universe and my family are still sleeping, I will walk among the red and blue twinkle-lights of the living room, to sit and gaze upon the pretty white angel atop the tree and say silent prayers, remembering what was good in the world and why I was brought here to remember.”
― Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

tags: angel, christmas, quote, quotes, quotes-by-carew-papritz, the-legacy-letters, twinkle-lights

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