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I woke in bits, like all children, piecemeal over the years. I discovered myself and the world, and forgot them, and discovered them again. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#bits #children #discovered #forgot #i

I asked Phil Prentiss what he would do if they never got a baby and he said they’d die with a lot of excess love in their hearts….” “And let’s not,” Jack said. “Let’s spend every drop. On the kids, on our families, on your patients, on the town. On people we don’t know yet and the ones who have been our good friends forever. On each other. Let’s spend our last drop as we’re taking our last breaths. ↗

— Robyn Carr

#family

Much has been written about the life of the mind. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#been #life #mind #much #written

The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#call #dies #does #hard #i

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#days #good #hard #lives #shortage

You can't test courage cautiously. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#courage #test #you

A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#bachelor #guy #made #mistake #never

Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance? ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#chance #housework #kill #take #take a chance

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#accidentally #day #enjoyed #ever #gin

There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem? ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#cause #condoms #crisis #doctors #having