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When your life has had few events to occupy it, it's amazing how a simple encounter can seem like an entire three-act play.

Mary E. Pearson

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Mary E. Pearson
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 14
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Pieces. Isn't that what all of life is anyway? Shards. Bits. Moments. Am I less because I have fewer, or do the few I have mean more?
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Maybe we all have a dark place inside of us, a place where dark thoughts and darker dreams live, but it doesn't have to become who we are.
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I used to be someone.
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My timing is off. But I had to get it out. Some things you have to tell, no matter how stupid they may sound. Some things you can't save for later. There might not be a later.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten . . .
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Words have longer lives than people.
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Percentages! Those are for economists, polls, and politicians. Percentages can't define your identity.
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Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?
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it is amazin, she thinks, how simple appearances can be created - a rush, a smile, a new coat of paint, a slow, calm voice, a hug, a new dress - a resolve to keep out questions and cling to secrets
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Chance. It weaves through our lives like a golden thread, sometimes knotting, tangling, and breaking along the way. Loose threads are left hanging, but the in and out, the back and forth continues, the weaving goes on. It doesn't stop.
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Picture yourself five years from now. Where do you want to be? Remember that. Every day. That's how you'll get there.
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