"When you're a single parent, you're often lonely, yet seldom alone. There is no backup ... It is mothering without a net."

-- Amy Dickinson

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“A nervous breakdown waits around the corner for anyone who lets himself wallow in bitterness. Little by little, it takes over your whole being.”

Source : Mariama Bâ (1989). “So Long a Letter”, p.41, Heinemann
“Thoughts are slippery fish in a cold shallow stream.If you are intent on capturing a worthwhile one, you need to stand very still, focus very hard on somewhere outside yourself, and then simply ignore it until it gets so close that it tickles your ankles.Then, pounce.”
“Happy is the man who is nothing.”
“Only when we accept and forgive all that is or has been the good, the bad, and the ugly of our human lives can we get off the guilt trip and back into the flow. That means we must love our humanness and all of our failings; we must accept, learn from, and yes, even love our mistakes.”
“Those Muslims in Americas army that stand with the Constitution, I support them, and I think we all have to.”
“You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren't busy denying them. Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.”
“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”
“Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born. But whereas birth is cause for celebration, death has become a dreaded and unspeakable issue to be avoided by every means possible in our modern society. Perhaps it is that.”

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