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1 " That’s the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they’ve been all along. —MADELEINE L’ENGLE, The Arm of the Starfish "
― Christina Baker Kline , Bird in Hand
2 " It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who they are. "
3 " ...life hinges on small moments and seemingly trivial decisions. "
4 " Each moment of loss, she has come to believe, contains within it the possibility of a new life. When the unimaginable happens, and your life changes irrevocably, you may find along with the pain a kind of grace. And in the place of certainty and fear—the fear of losing what you had—you are left with something startling: a depth of empathy, a quivering sensitivity to the world around you, and the unexpected blessing of gratitude for what remains. "
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6 " be totaled; we can’t afford a new one. "
7 " Maybe all of us could live several lives, giving some things up and gaining others, assembling different versions of contentment. "