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- Having a baby's sweet face so close to your own, for so long a time as it takes to nurse 'em, is a great tonic for a sad soul.
- Erica Eisdorfer, The Wet Nurse's Tale, 2009
- I felt despair. Though it seems to me now there's two kinds of it: the sort that causes a person to surrender and then the sort I had which made me take risks and make plans.
- Erica Eisdorfer, The Wet Nurse's Tale, 2009
- I have found that it don't really matter if you're brought up fine or rough, but that it helps to have someone to spill your sorrows to.
- Erica Eisdorfer, The Wet Nurse's Tale, 2009
- Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it’s my least favorite quality. It doesn’t lead anywhere.
- Conan O'Brien, Final Tonight Show Speech, 2010
- Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
- Conan O'Brien, Final Tonight Show Speech, 2010
- I love that sometimes we need to go to the opposite side of the world to realize assumptions that we didn't even know we had and realize that the opposite may also be true.
- Derek Sivers, TED Talk: Weird, or just different? Nov 2009
- Journalism is just a gun. It's only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that's all you need. Aim it right and you can blow a kneecap off the world.
- Warren Ellis, Transmetropolitan: Back On The Street
- You make me understand how wonderful it is for little lizards when they find that one special rock that's perfect for sunning themselves on. You make me lizard-happy.
- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 02-23-10
- My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.
- Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
- Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?
- Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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