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“Journalistic investigations must be narrow,” he told her with a shrug. “Divide a reader’s concern among many deserving objects, and there’ll be too little left to make him shed a tear for any one.”
“Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.”
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“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
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“Kindness may be the most difficult of virtues, but when I have encountered it, it has meant everything to me.”
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“When dealing with older women, a trip to a hairdresser and two Bloody Marys goes further than any prescription drug. . . .”
― Bettyville: A Memoir
― Bettyville: A Memoir
“I am an unlikely guardian. A month ago I thought the Medicare doughnut hole was a breakfast special for seniors. I am a care inflictor.”
― Bettyville: A Memoir
― Bettyville: A Memoir
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