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“This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.”

Book:Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

This book delves into the author's contemplations on the nature of faith and its role in personal and societal contexts. more

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Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott is an American novelist born on April 10, 1954. Her works are known for their humor, directness, and profound emotional depth, primarily exploring themes of family, faith, and self-discovery. more

“I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out of reach. And by telling myself that there was nothing inside those hopes anyway, I avoided the wounds of deep disappointment. The pain was no worse than the quick sting of a booster shot. And yet thinking about this makes me ache again. How is it that as a child I knew I should have been loved more? Is everyone born with a bottomless emotional resevoir?”

Thinking Should Children Has Beens Matter Pain Born Emotional Shots Should Have Disappointment Wounds Shelves Ache Avoided Should Have Been Seals Deep Disappointment

Book:The Hundred Secret Senses: A Novel

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“And without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that fifty people were watching, Harry kissed her.”

People Thinking Facts Worry Kissing Planning Fifty

Author:J. K. Rowling

“It was a distorted form of inverse logic: If hopes never come true, then hope for what you don't want.”

Ifs Want Form Logic Inverse

Book:The Hundred Secret Senses: A Novel

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“Sure I loved him - too much. And he loved me, only not enough. I just want someone who thinks I'm number one in his life. I'm not willing to accept emotional scraps anymore.”

Thinking Want Love Life Enough Feelings Numbers Accepting Too Much Emotional Willing Scrap

Book:The Hundred Secret Senses: A Novel

Source: The Hundred Secret Senses: A Novel

“Time is making fools of us again.”

Time Fool

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself”

Knows Able Feminism Intelligent Feminist Know Me Life And Love Pizza Resourceful

Author:Simone de Beauvoir

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