(P)eople’s good intentions can wind up putting us in boxes as confining as coffins. - Gayle Forman - Quotesmemo.com

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I remember when TiVO first came out I was all about TiVo. I came home and that thing was frozen, and I thought 'This is awful. This is the end of the world'. Then I unplugged it, and I plugged it back in, and still frozen. It was paralyzing. I called them. They said, 'Just unplug it longer. ' Fixed. But it also taught me I'm an addict.

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Gayle Forman

(P)eople’s good intentions can wind up putting us in boxes as confining as coffins.

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