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1 " My father lived to the age where he attained a deep luster, but never too shiny that you didn’t believe him for one minute, may we all understand our own quitting time so well. "
― Lian Dolan , The Sweeney Sisters
2 " That's the kind of luxury that men have. They can be awful and beloved. Women don't get that kind of leeway. "
3 " You starvelling, you eel-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, you bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish—O for breath to utter what is like thee!—you tailor’s-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck! "
― Lian Dolan , Elizabeth the First Wife
4 " when you’re lying, it’s best to stick as close to the truth as you can. "
5 " She moved with the confidence of privilege . . "
6 " Ethan knew it would never be the same. The moment that had blistered the sun, cold and burned out. Walk along young man. Walk along. "
7 " Tricia thought about all those training runs, those miserable, hot steamy miles and hills in August in the Berkshires with the team. Or the frigid early - morning speed workouts in January on the track in New Haven. All this time, she'd thought it was about running, but it was really about preparing her for the last 17 minutes and the next few hours of pain, when she had to remain focused long enough to leave work, go to her apartment and pack a few things, and then get on the train out to Southport. This was the moment where developing all that endurance and a high pain threshold finally paid off. "
8 " Tricia's sneakers pounded out the familiar steps. Willow to Old South to Pequot to Beachside to Burying Hill Beach and back again. She'd run this easy five-mile route hundreds of times since she started cross-country the year her mother died. At first, she ran to get out of the house, to smooth out the rough edges of anxiety she felt every day as her mother worsened. Then after, she ran to get away from the oppressive sadness, adding miles and hills and beach sprints to stay out as long as she could after school. She got faster and stronger. It was running that had taken her to prep school, along with a few strings pulled by Cap to get her in mid-year, and probably some of his own money to pay the tuition. She ran competitively in college and to save her sanity in law school. Running will get me through this, Tricia thought, then she let the sound of the steps and the breathing work their magic. The ball of stress in her gut unraveled and her mind cleared more with every football. "
9 " Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out,” Luther quoted. “John Wooden? "
― Lian Dolan , Lost and Found in Paris
10 " Failure doesn’t only make us stronger; it makes us smarter and grateful and . . . more humble. "
