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Tom Papa QUOTES

1 " Life isn't easy. It's actually extremely difficult, with only one guaranteed ending. But you should refuse to waste it, if not for yourself, then for everyone around you. That was my grandmothers' greatest trick--they weren't living this way for themselves, it was for the sole purpose of helping others. Just knowing that we have the power to make it a little easier for everyone else who is muddling through should be enough to make us try.

Try and be strong. Try and be better. Try to enjoy. "

― Tom Papa , You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive

2 " When I see someone with six-pack abs, I know we won’t have fun because that person doesn’t know what fun is. Their idea of a good time is putting on tight shorts and working on their stomach muscles. Someone with love handles is putting on oven mitts and working on baking the perfect cinnamon buns. They’re fun. "

― Tom Papa , You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive

3 " Life isn’t easy. It’s actually extremely difficult, with only one guaranteed ending. But you should refuse to waste it, if not for yourself, then for everyone around you. "

― Tom Papa , You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive

4 " The more money you make, the more you spend on stupid stuff and the more you grow your life into something bigger, and that bigger life needs even more money. Ultimately you end up more stressed than when you started out. The trick is to live a small, simple life, but for some reason we aren’t built that way. We always want more. And it’s stupid. "

― Tom Papa , You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive

5 " We are all nothing more than a collection of stories. "

― Tom Papa , Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas

6 " Try and be strong. Try and be better. Try to enjoy. "

― Tom Papa , You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive

7 " We're all somewhat unpleasant--which is another way of saying disgusting--and we're all flawed. All of us. That's what love is. Finding someone whose flaws you can put up with. "

― Tom Papa , You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive

8 " Social media is like a photo album with all the bad parts taken out. "

― Tom Papa , You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive

9 " I see them side by side, holding each other up like cartoon drunks, forging ahead, conquering all the treacherous obstacles in their way: parking lots, curbs, heavy doors, building directories, vaguely marked elevator keys, stairs, a loose paper cup blown across their path. It’s a minefield out there. "

― Tom Papa , You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive