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“... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65]”

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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

“If there were no internal propensity to unite, even at a prodigiously rudimentary level - indeed in the molecule itself - it would be physically impossible for love to appear higher up, with us, in hominized form... Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come into being.”

Ifs World Love Life May Would Be Form Force Levels Impossible Higher Driven Internals Fragments Molecules Propensity

Author:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“... everyone has come to understand that unconditional love is a reality, but with as shelf life of about eight to ten seconds. [p. 110]”

Reality Love Is Ten Eight Unconditional Love Seconds Shelves Unconditional Shelf Life

Author:Anne Lamott

“I had no interests. I had no interest in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At least the others had some taste for life. They seemed to understand something that I didn’t understand. Maybe I was lacking. It was possible. I often felt inferior. I just wanted to get away from them. But there was no place to go. Suicide? Jesus Christ, just more work. I felt like sleeping for five years but they wouldn’t let me.”

Years Ideas Wanted Jesus Felt Interest Christ Sleep Five Taste Jesus Christ Let Me Suicide No Idea Five Years Get Away Inferiors Lacking Places To Go

Author:Charles Bukowski

“It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.”

Said Exciting Holmes

Book:The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Source: The Complete Sherlock Holmes

“So, now I shall talk every night. To myself. To the moon. I shall walk, as I did tonight, jealous of my loneliness, in the blue-silver of the cold moon, shining brilliantly on the drifts of fresh-fallen snow, with the myriad sparkles. I talk to myself and look at the dark trees, blessedly neutral. So much easier than facing people, than having to look happy, invulnerable, clever.”

People Looks Night Dark Walks Tree Loneliness Cold Easier Moon Blue Shining Clever Snow Fallen Tonight Silver Jealous Every Night Sparkle Dark Trees

Book:The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“It's easy to like someone from a distance. But when she stopped being this amazing unattainable thing or whatever, and started being, like, just a regular girl with a weird relationship with food and frequent crankiness wh's kind of bossy--then I had to basically start liking a while different person.”

Kind Persons Different Girl Easy Distance Unattainable Bossy Crankiness

Author:John Green

“He gulped. "No, we aren't done chatting. Why aren't you afraid of dying?" "Everything and everyone has an end," she said. "I mean, you're going to be killed soon and though I loathe the thought, you don't see me crying about that, either. I know what will happen, and I accept what cannot be changed. I'm trying to live while I can. While we can. Dwelling on the bad is what destroys all hints of joy.”

Knows Trying Mean Said I Can Ends Done Happens Joy Accepting Dying Cry Changed Dwelling Hints Loathe Chatting

Author:Gena Showalter

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