Jim. If you have any other outside events, don’t confess them. That’s my advice, okay?”“ What am I going to do, Bob? I have no family.”“ You have family, ” Bob said. “You have a wife who hates you. Kids who are furious with you. A brother and sister who make you insane. And a nephew who used to be kind of a drip but apparently is not so much of a drip now. That’s called family.” Jim fell asleep, his head leaning forward almost to his chest . Elizabeth Strout
Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don’t know you’re having one until you’re right in the middle of it.
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E.a. Bucchianeri
Life is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make.
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Sherrilyn Kenyon
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it... Don't allow his anger to become your anger.
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Bohdi Sanders
I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's...
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Zora Neale Hurston
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