Part of living your life is an awareness of the opportunities that can be missed and an awareness that time moves in one direction.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERIf I’d been someone else in a different world I’d’ve done something different, but I was myself and the world was the world, so I was silent.
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She said, “Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don’t need?” I said, “It depends on what it means to need.
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When I looked at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible.
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I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time.
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One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.
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Love me, because love doesn’t exist, and I have tried everything that does.
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I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this.
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In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations.
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With writing, we have second chances.
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She extended a hand that I didn’t know how to take, so I broke its fingers with my silence.
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Choosing leaf or flesh, factory farm or family farm, does not in itself change the world, but teaching ourselves, our children, our local communities, and our nation to choose conscience over ease can.
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She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said yes.
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It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can’t people say what they mean at the time?
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I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.
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Sometimes you have to put your fears in order.
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I’m sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things.
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