Tami

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Tami’s Notes & Highlights

Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton

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That’s the thing about death—even when you think someone is gone, glimpses of them remain in those they loved and left behind.

Tami’s Quotes

“I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.”
― David McCullough

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“I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.”
― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

tags: analogy, inspiration, machine, thought-provoking, usefulness

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“Without really trying, I have become a collector of other families' secrets. Whenever I tell someone about my detective work, the first question is invariably something like this: 'Can you tell me the secret?' Sure, I say. The next question often is: 'Want to hear my family's secret?”
― Steve Luxenberg, Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret

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“Secrets, I've discovered, have a way of working free of their keepers.”
― Steve Luxenberg, Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret

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