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For my mother’s entire life, her mother was less a mother than splintered bits of shrapnel she carried around in her body, sharp, rusty debris that threatened to puncture an organ if she turned a certain way.Meghan Daum
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Life is mostly an exercise in being something other than what we used to be while remaining fundamentally – and sometimes maddeningly – who we are.Meghan Daum
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In the history of the world, a whole story has never been told.Meghan Daum
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My goal in life is to be content. By that I don't mean "fine" or "basically satisfied." I don't mean settling. I mean, for last of better terms, feeling like I'm in the right life.Meghan Daum