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Can make stuff magically disappear especially if it's got a lot of butter & sugar in it
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She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short.
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Things are getting weird around here again, she said. How can you tell, I said. Just look at them, she said. They're all acting normal. You know how much effort that takes?
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I can read minds, she said & I said, OK & she said, Do you want to know what you're thinking? I said no thank you. I don't do stuff like that on weekends.
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Every night for a hundred years the angel of dreams came to the town & splashed the walls with bright colors that stayed until the first light of day.
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If you hold on to the handle, she said, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.
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What I'm mostly good at is sleeping, he once told me in confidence, but he added, I don't see much future in it.
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We grow a lot faster than trees, he said, so we miss a lot of stuff.
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this is a world filled with love & other things that have the sense not to waste time talking about everything under the sun & see how it glows with no help from us whatsoever
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feels like some kind of ride but it's turning out just to be life going absolutely perfectly
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16/31: Is willing to accept that she creates her own reality except for some of the parts where she can't help but wonder what the hell she was thinking
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Sometimes the only thing to do is to start looking at everything again until you forget what you're supposed to see & actually see what's there
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Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.
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I know I promised I wouldn't complain, she said, but I'm not ready to start just yet.
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17/31: I only do this until I get dizzy & then I lay down on my back & watch the clouds, she said. It sounds simple but you won't believe how many people forget the second part
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How can you be sure it has a soul? she said. You can't, I said, unless you've got one yourself.
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18/31:Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth
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Hasn't started to make sense of the world yet but thinks it's beautiful all the same.
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Just because they die, she said, doesn't mean they go away.
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That was the day the ancient songs of blood & war spilled from a hole in the sky & there was a long moment as we listened & fell silent in our grief & then one by one, we stood tall & came together
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I'd like to leave you with something valuable, she said. You probably already have, I said, but we take most of our lives to remember that, even in the best of times
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has a really beautiful soul but hasn't found a way to express it yet
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How can you be sure it has a soul? she said. You can't , I said, unless you've got one yourself
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I have heard some beautiful notes in my life, she said, but they were nothing without the rest of the music, too.
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this is the center of the universe at this moment unless you're looking in another direction, or are thinking about something from a long time ago, in which case it will wait quietly right here until you return
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What do I get for this? I said & the angel gave me a catalog filled with toasters & clock radios & a basketball signed by Michael Jordan...
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connected by something finer than words that's hard to notice because usually you're doing stuff that should've been done yesterday & you've got no time for it