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Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.

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But you don't always get what you want;,you get what you get

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I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.

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If you haven't already, you will lose someone you can't live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and you never completely get over the loss ...more

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Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at u...more

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Hope is not logical. It always comes as a surprise, just when you think all hope is lost. Hope is the cousin to grief, and both take time: you can’t s...more

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But you are not your bank account, or your ambition. You're not the cold clay lump you leave behind when you die. You're not your collection of walkin...more

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It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to p...more

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The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it...I would discover that it hadn't washed me a...more

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This is the most profound spiritual truth I know: that even when we're most sure that love can't conquer all, it seems to anyway. It goes down into th...more

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...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.

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I stared at the little white agates in my hand, delicate as moon drops. The mystery of God's love as I understand it is that God loves the man who was...more

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Grief ends up giving you the two best things: softness and illumination.

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We kept on cooking and walking the dog, taking the kids to the park, cleaning the kitchen, and letting Sara and Adam hate what was going on when they ...more

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There are really places in your heart that you don't know exist until you love a child.