Once a year, she remembers that she is insignificant. Then she forgets agains, because more than she is … - Dave Eggers

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If the mother can't break the attachment, they say that the baby can't leave this world. For him to be happy in a good place you must send the child that you must send. . . and you must live.

Dave Eggers

Once a year, she remembers that she is insignificant. Then she forgets agains, because more than she is insignificant, she is forgetful.

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I have no idea how people function without near-constant internal chaos. I'd lose my mind.

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How many times in life can we make decisions that are important but will not hurt anyone? Are we obligated- maybe we are- to say yes to any choice when no one will be hurt? We use the word hurt when talking about things like this because when these things go wrong it can feel as if you were hit in the sternum by a huge animal that's run for miles just to strike you.

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Morning comes like a scream through a pinhole.

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I don't mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn't feel somehow right to be printing books in the U. S.

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I need eight hours to get maybe 20 minutes of work done. I had one of those yesterday: seven hours of self-loathing.

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If the mother can't break the attachment, they say that the baby can't leave this world. For him to be happy in a good place you must send the child that you must send. . . and you must live.

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Tucker Max

At some point in their life, everyone thinks they should go to law school. You may in fact think you want to go to law school now.

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Willie Nelson

I started learning my lessons in Abbot Texas, where I was born in 1933. My sister Bobbie and I were raised by our grandparents [. . . ] We never had enough money, and Bobbie and I started working at an early age to help the family get by. That hard work included picking cotton. [. . . ] Picking cotton is hard and painful work, and the most lasting lesson I learned in the fields was that I didn't want to spend my life picking cotton.

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Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.

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Direction determines destination. So the question you must ask yourself; 'Are all the disciplines that I'm currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?'

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