Sunday Snippets

"Like a huge wave that barrels across the ocean, or a gentle wave that laps the shore, there is an undeniable ebb and flow to life. I try to remember that.  Move forward, move forward, move forward."
--Hoda Kotb; Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee


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"Being a mother gives you a singular sort of vision, a prism through which you can see your child with many different faces all at once.  It is the reason you can watch him shatter a ceramic lamp, and still remember him as an angel.  Or hold him as he cries, but imagine his smile.  Or watch him walk toward you, the size of a man, and see the dimpled skin of an infant."
--The Pact; Jodi Picoult


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"People who forgive generally have more and better relationships with others, feel happier and more hopeful, and score higher on just about every measure of psychological well-being."
--Dr. Fred Luskin; The Oprah Magazine, May 2011


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"It's important to listen.  Most people just want to know that they are heard."
--Anne Meara; The Oprah Magazine, May 2011


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"Adults, light-years away from this, rolled their eyes and smirked and said, 'This too shall pass'--as if adolescence was a disease life chicken pox, something everyone recalled as a mild nuisance, completely forgetting how painful it had been at the time."
--The Pact; Jodi Picoult


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"People who lie about their age are denying the truth and contributing to a sickness pervading our society--the sickness of wanting to be what you're not."
--Oprah Winfrey; The Oprah Magazine, May 2011




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