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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

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New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perisha...more

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When we talk about mortality we are talking about our children.

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We still counted happiness and health and love and luck and beautiful children as "ordinary blessings.