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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Book by Mira Jacob · 3 quotes · 2008 Presidential Election, 2016 Presidential Election, America

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“We think our hearts break only from endings - the love gone, the rooms empty, the future unhappening as we stand ready to step into it - but what about how they can shatter in the face of what is possible.”

Loss Possibility Heartbreak

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“Here is the thing, though, the real, true thing I still have trouble admitting: I can't protect you from everything...I can't protect you from spending a lifetime caught between the beautiful dream of a diverse nation and the complicated reality of one. I can't even protect you from the simple fact that sometimes, the people who love us will choose a world that doesn't.”

America Diversity Usa 2016 Presidential Election

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“We took bets on what would bring him down, which is what you do when you're trying to break your own heart before your country does it for you.”

Politics Obama 2008 Presidential Election

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