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“After your jump, the net appears. - Vincent Lauria”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“I still make coffee for two. - Zak Nelson”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Followed rules, not dreams. Never again. - Margaret Hellerstein”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Internal age doesn't match external age. - Carol Smith”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Followed white rabbit. Became black sheep. - Gabrille Maconi”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Love drama, just not my own. - Sam Zalutsky”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Never lived up to my potential. - Leslie Sterling”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“I imagined more than office jobs. - Gretchen Vitamvas”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“I live the perfect imperfect life. -Paul Lore”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“I'm the fine print; read closely. -Kristina Grish”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Memory was my drug of choice. -Pea Hicks”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Taking a lifetime to grow up.”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Followed rules, not dreams. Never again. -Margaret Hellerstein”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Her blue eyes
capture the distance.
-Sonya Cheuse”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Revenge is living well, without you. -Joyce Carol Oates”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Well, I thought it was funny. -Stephen Colbert”
― quote from Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
“Suffering is normal. Pain is normal, it is part of life... What is its texture, the weight of our suffering? What is its meaning? Begin by touching it, by coming close to it, accepting it: Hello, suffering, I am here with you. I am beside you, one with you, I am you. I am suffering.”
― A.M. Homes, quote from This Book Will Save Your Life
“I am the Little Bug Spirit. I come to people when they begin to take themselves too seriously. They think they are big. I cut them down to size.”
― quote from A Woman of the Iron People
“in the antagonistic society, the relationship of the generations is also one of competition, behind which stands naked violence.”
― Theodor W. Adorno, quote from Minima Moralia: Reflections from a Damaged Life
“A warbler singing— somewhere beyond the willow, before the thicket”
― Matsuo Bashō, quote from Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings
“There was no way to lead up to this gently. With a surge of assertiveness driven by desire as well as a couple of cosmopolitans, she took both his hands in hers and mustered up her confidence. “I want you to lick me cross-eyed.”
“You want me to what?”
“Okay, that sounded better inside my head.” She squeezed his hands. “I want sex. Great sex. Alex, let’s do it.”
― Selena Robins, quote from What a Girl Wants
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