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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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map of some places not discovered quite yet because when people get too close it stands up & trots away
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It's hardest to love the ordinary things, she said, but you get lots of opportunities to practice.
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You don't have to be a bundle of contradictions to be a woman, she said. But we all agreed it helps
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The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same
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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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These are little packets of light & you need to plant them early in the year & remember to mark where they were because lots of times they look like weeds in the beginning & it's not until later that you see how beautiful they really are.
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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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I have a friend who reads people's auras. He sees all sorts of colors like green & red & purple. He says anyone can do it. All it takes is forgetting everything you think you know & just looking.
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She turned to me & whispered, don't you just love it when you get so excited you forget to breathe? & the thought of her smiling eyes still makes me laugh.
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I promise you not a moment will be lost as long as I have heart & voice to speak & we will walk again together with a thousand others & a thousand more & on & on until there is no one among us who does not know the truth: there is no future without love.
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How hard is it to make stuff up? she said. Not hard at all, I said. The real trick is knowing to stop before you get confused.
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There are angels everywhere you can imagine. I saw one hiding in the closet in our bedroom once & I invited her out, but she said she was waiting for a friend thank you just the same & next time I looked she was gone.
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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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She learned to love him before he thought it was even possible, so he didn't have a chance to hide & mess it up & while it was a little scary at times, mainly he could not even imagine the world without her there.
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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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The secret is not in your hand or your eye or your voice, my aunt told me once. The secret is in your heart. Of course, she said, knowing that doesn't make it any easier.
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When do you get to be a grown-up? she said. When you can read & write & lie without laughing, I said & her eyes got big & she said she didn't know it was that hard
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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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I've always thought I was taller than I looked, she said, but that belief is not without difficulties.
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Opening a door to the mysteries, hoping to shed a little dark on all the stuff we think we know
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She left pieces of her life behind her everywhere she went. It's easier to feel the sunlight without them, she said.
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My favorite time of day is just at dark when all thoughts of what must be done stop & small pools of light come alive on tired faces everywhere.
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He told me one time he forgot himself & his heart opened up like a door with a loose latch & he tried for days to put it all back in proper order but finally he gave up & left it all jumbled up there in a pile & loved everything equally.
