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“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happened better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb. (Don't Hesitate)”
Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

Andrew Sean Greer
“Just for the record: happiness is not bullshit.”
Andrew Sean Greer, Less

Thornton Wilder
“Choose the least important day in your life. It will be important enough.”
Thornton Wilder, Our Town

Andrea Gibson
“I have never met a heavy heart that wasn’t a phone booth with a red cape inside
Some people will never understand the kind of superpower it takes for some people to just walk outside
Some days I know my smile looks like the gutter of a falling house
But my hands are always holding tight to the ripchord of believing”
Andrea Gibson

George R.R. Martin
“We look up at the same stars and see such different things.”
George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

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