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It was this immense resignation to the shape of his life that opened him every day to the experience of joy. (p140)

— Louise Erdrich The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (2001)

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Getting blown up happened in an instant; getting put together took the rest of your life.

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Sorrow eats time. Be patient. Time eats sorrow.

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When every inch of the world is known, sleep may be the only wilderness that we have left. (p190)

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What are dreams but an internal wilderness and what is desire but a wildness of the soul? (p182)

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Bits of narrative always cling to a title, like magnetism.

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It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

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Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy.

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