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“..."let's think about each of these matches as a human life."... "each of these matches should burn for exactly the same amount of time, right?"..."but sometimes, you strike a match and it goes out almost immediately. Other times, it stops burning halfway."
"And sometimes it breaks when you try to light it."
"Exactly!... So even though they're technically the same, each match is actually very unique. Sometimes it's not as strong structurally, for reasons we can't see just by looking at it. And there are outside factors that contribute - like how hard we strike it against the box, or the dampness in the air, or how much breeze there is when we try to light it. All those things can affect how long a match burns for."...
"But what's that got to do with dying?"...
"Well, my dear, just as we don't know how long a match will last until we light it, we never know how long a life will last until we live it. And often there are factors that we have no control over.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

“And there was one from Nelson Mandela that said, ‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

“There is no such thing as a happy place. Because when you are happy, everywhere is a happy place. And when you are sad, everywhere is a sad place.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

“You were always someone’s wife, or mother, or daughter before you were yourself. It’s like I didn’t live my life for myself, as myself. Like I wasted what I was given.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover