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Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby's First Years, 3rd Edition: Clear Answers and Expert Advice for Every Phase With Your Infant and Toddler (Mayo Clinic Parenting Guides)

by Walter J. Cook

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“It’s all so strange. It’s like nothing ever really happened. No, it really happened, only it’s gone. Taking it hard? Nah, I shook my head, things that come out of nowhere go back to nowhere, that’s all. We fell silent again. The thing we had shared was nothing more than a fragment of time that had died long ago. Even so, a faint glimmer of that warm memory still claimed a part of my heart. And when death claimed me, no doubt I would walk along by that faint light in the brief instant before being flung once again into the abyss of nothingness.”
― Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973

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“Maybe if I put gardenias in both ears, or wore flippers over both hands, somebody might take a second look. But that’d be it. They’d put it all behind them after three steps. Their eyes not looking at anything. Nor my eyes. I felt emptied out, a blank. Would I ever again have anything to give to anyone?”
― Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973

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“There aren’t any real strong people anywhere. Only people who can put on a good show of being strong.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hear the Wind Sing

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“Were you happy?” “If you look at things from a distance,” I said as I swallowed some lobster, “most anything looks beautiful.”
― Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973

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“Kind of,” I said, “still, think about this. Everyone’s built the same. It’s like we’re all riding together on a broken airplane. Of course there are lucky people, there are also unlucky people. There’re tough people, and weak people, rich people, and poor people. However, not a single person’s broken the mold with his toughness. We’re all the same. Everyone who has something is afraid of losing it, and people with nothing are worried they’ll forever have nothing. Everyone is the same. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you’ll want to get stronger. Even if you’re just pretending. Don’t you think?”
― Haruki Murakami, Hear the Wind Sing

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