"I'm a mother," said her mother, in her foodless flat where the dust did not dare to settle, "and I know what I know."

Family, Motherhood, Knowledge, Life, Reality

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"I'm a mother," said her mother, in her foodless flat where the dust did not dare to settle, "and I know what I know."

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"Until now, you have always lived your life alone. Every decision you've made has been for you and you alone. Now, and for the rest of your days, your life will be tied to another's. Every decision you make will be for both of you. What one does affects the other. You are a family, a team inseparable and unbreakable."

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"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

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"Children are angels."

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"Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl became the city."

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"A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart."

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"I hope that in this year to come, YOU make mistakes. Because if YOU are making mistakes, then YOU are making NEW things, trying NEW things, learning, living, pushing YOURself, changing YOURself, changing YOUR world. YOU're doing things YOU've never done before, n MORE importantly, YOU're doing something."

Growth

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"He couldn't see why people made such a fuss about people eating their silly old fruit anyway, but life would be a lot less fun if they didn't. And there was never an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it."

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