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My whole life has been one big broken promise.

Sara Zarr

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Rejection
Promise
Broken
Bigs
Whole
Life
Improvisation

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You were never what I wanted to forget.
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It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.
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Sometimes rescue comes to you. It just shows up, and you do nothing. Maybe you deserve it, maybe you don't. But be ready, when it comes, to decide if you will take the outstretched hand and let it pull you ashore.
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Sometimes you want to hear your own mother's voice.
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When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.
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It's a jagged thing in my throat, how much I miss her.
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I get a message from my dad. In the mood I'm in, I tear up to see his name in my inbox, and imagine him down the hall in bed, propped on pillows, emailing me. Hon,Enjoyed our gelato date the other night. I just want to say I'm proud of you for a lot of reasons. Also, I've attached a picture of my foot.He's such a weirdo goofball. I love him.
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Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been there since the day we met.
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