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“Live the life that you have, not the life you should have had or the life you once had. If today brings some pain, live with today’s pain and wait and see what tomorrow brings.” Dr. Dan Gottlieb
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“Aristophanes maintains in a celebrated fable that human beings were originally joined two at a time to form complete wholes. Overly powerful, these four-legged creatures provoked the suspicion of the gods, who had them sundered to reduce their strength; now each half walks the earth in search of its other. “ Darrin M. McMahon
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“I was not in the least lonely [alone at sea, circumnavigating the Antarctic Continent]. This solitude was a different thing altogether from the lonely emptiness you suffer in a strange city where, knowing no one, you are surrounded by uncaring men and women, all supported by their own human ties.” David Lewis in Beyond Endurance by Glin Bennet
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“When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted but an illusion they could bear to live with.” Anais Nin And when she asked the truth of herself, I’ll wager it was not the truth she wanted but a truth she could bear to live with, which is likely true of all of us.
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“When the usual roads to grace come to a dead end, you must turn and take responsibility for your own consciousness.” Sam Keen I’m not sure what consciousness means in this context, but I suppose it might mean taking responsibility for your attitudes, your angers, your wishes, your dreads, and your affections. They’re in your mind; they belong to you.
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“In all matrimonial associations there is, I believe, one constant factor---a desire to deceive the person with whom one lives as to some weak spot in one’s character or in one’s career. For it is intolerable to live constantly with one human being who perceives one’s small meannesses. It is really death to do so---that is why so many marriages turn out unhappily.” Ford Madox Ford in The Good Soldier True enough, but I doubt if that’s the only, or even the most salient, reason so many marriages turn out unhappily.
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“From Bettyjean Averitt, a personal statement on becoming a widow: ‘I like everything about my present status. I like my independence. I’ve been a daughter, a wife, and a mother; now, by damn, I’m me. And I like living alone. I see nothing unreasonable or shocking in this attitude.’” Smith Alumnae Bulletin
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“A few letters are obligatory, and they are ‘Thanks for the wonderful gift’ and ‘I am terribly sorry to hear about George’s death’ and ‘Yes, you’re welcome to stay with us next month,’ and not many more than that. Write those promptly if you want to keep your friends.” Garrison Keillor
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“I am not working well these days, but I am working---taking what I can, living as much as I can, and not anxious. If I cannot master the great things, I can enjoy the small.” David Grayson
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“Failure at a specific task is always disagreeable and sometimes it is humiliating. But there is only one kind of failure that really breaks the spirit. And that is failure in the art of life itself. That is the failure one does well to fear.” Robertson Davies
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