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181 " Most of my favorite films—Lucia y el sexo, Los amantes del círculo polar, Piedras—were set in Spain, but I had a particular weakness for the Mexican Y tu mamá también. In it, the thirty-something Luisa meets two teen "
― Camille Pagán , Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
182 " But remember—once you love someone, they’re with you. Always. "
― Camille Pagán , Don't Make Me Turn this Life Around
183 " She didn’t die for lack of trying; she died because cancer is a serial killer. "
184 " It’s funny—an incident that feels like a massive misstep as it’s happening often ends up as a footnote in your personal history, if you remember it at all. But a seemingly insignificant “should have” can turn out to be one of your biggest regrets. "
― Camille Pagán , Forever is the Worst Long Time
185 " I believe most people are good at heart, but given the choice, I'd rather not take a gamble on dudes in power. You know? "
― Camille Pagán , This Won't End Well
186 " then it would probably be no worse than, and possibly preferable to, death by overzealous cell colonization. "
187 " A book, too, can be a star . . . a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. "
188 " But my sudden desire to be somewhere else was probably less envy and more the result of my second child screaming through the half-inch gap where the bathroom door failed to meet the frame. “Mommy! Mom! Maaahhhmaaay! "
― Camille Pagán , I'm Fine and Neither Are You
189 " She beamed at me. "You're such a smart girl, Annie."I thanked her, because even though I think intelligence is mostly a construct made of curiosity, opportunity, and plain old hard work, sometimes it is the thought that counts. "
190 " You have subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma. This type of cancer is extremely rare, but when it does come up, we see it most often in individuals in their thirties, such as yourself. I’m afraid it tends to be aggressive "
191 " Especially since it was rumored that soon we would all be working side by side at long tables so we could collaborate—or however the university would fictionalize the latest cost-reduction initiative. "
192 " Just remember that life is to be lived. "
193 " why would I let someone else’s fear dictate what I do with my life? "
194 " But you can’t take words back. Once they’re out of your mouth, they take on a life of their own. "
― Camille Pagán , Everything Must Go
195 " Because however gratifying it was to unleash all that anger bottled inside me, I couldn’t help but wonder if maybe—just maybe—I was killing off a little bit of what was good in me in the process. "
196 " Pain is funny, isn’t it, the way it’s impossible to accurately recall once it’s gone? "
197 " putting on your own oxygen mask before assisting others. Alas "
198 " Then I closed my eyes and made another wish: that one day soon, I could tell my children I had inherited my mother’s ability to fold life’s bad moments into the good and believe it was enough. "
― Camille Pagán , Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties
199 " It’s permanence that distinguishes grief from other emotional pain. The unfixable nature of never—that’s what makes it so terrible to bear. Was "
200 " I know I can be strong,” I said, more quietly this time. “It’s just that I don’t want to. "