"The way things work / is that eventually / something catches."

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Source : Jorie Graham (2011). “Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts”, p.3, Princeton University Press

Jorie Graham

“We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It is not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life for this child.”
“I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous.”
“Melancholy is not one of my emotions. Quite seriously, I don't do melancholy. It's a miserable way to be.”

Source : "Learning How to Exert Self-Control" by Pamela Druckerman, www.nytimes.com. September 12, 2014.
“The country's top chefs, designers, media personalities and businesses are part of this dynamic city. We know that Chicagoans are used to the highest standards.”
“He is a fool who is not for love and beauty. I speak unto the young, for I am of them and always shall be.”
“This legislation provides Medicaid eligibility to evacuees and residents in (Federal Emergency Management Agency) designated disaster counties, .. It also helps pay private health insurance premiums for those at risk for losing their coverage.”
“We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.”
“When I was growing up, Nashville was the place to go if you had songs to sell and thought you had talent and wanted to tour and be on Grand Ole Opry [radio show]. It was the big deal back in those days to play the Grand Ole Opry. And you could travel around the world saying, "Hi, I'm Willie from the Grand Ole Opry".”

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