The hardest thing about adolescence is that everything seems too big. There's no way to get context or … - Sara Paretsky

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Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.

Sara Paretsky

The hardest thing about adolescence is that everything seems too big. There's no way to get context or perspective,. . . . . Pain and joy without limits. No one can live like that forever, so experience finally comes to our rescue. We come to know what we can endure, and also that nothing endures.

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