#bookish

…she thought about how she would like to paint his portrait with the dull gold paint one sometimes saw in Russian icons.

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She refuses to let anyone say that he died; she says he left her, because that’s how she sees it. Like a betrayal. She’s

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self-love >>>>>>>>>>>>>...

"Whether we want it or not , we are traveling in spiral. We are all trying to create something from what is gone. "...

‘It is not violence that best overcomes hate—nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.’...

"The fastest way to improve is to learn from others. - Read good books - Talk to people who have done it - Soak up ...