real
the way a shiva’s job is to fill the crevices of grief with love.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner • Long Island Compromise
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big secret to happiness is just liking stuff. finding more stuff to like. finding ways to like stuff you didn’t before. recognizing what it feels like to like something and doubling down on that. what feels frivolous is actually the whole ballgame
It made me lonely. And when I say lonely, I mean the kind of loneliness that howls through you like a desert wind. It wasn't just the loss of people I had known but also the loss of myself. The loss of who I had been when I had been with them.
Matt Haig • How to Stop Time
It felt good to be with people who’d borne witness to the time passing, too, which is maybe the best way to describe a shiva.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner • Long Island Compromise
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They would always be a family, but if she'd learned anything in the past few weeks it was that a family wasn't a static thing. There were always changes going on. Like with continents, sometimes the changes were invisible and underground, and sometimes they were explosive and deadly. The trick was to keep your balance. You couldn't control the dire
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Morality is a luxury.
Fredrik Backman • Us Against You
"You know, they say when you love what you do, it's not work. But, I think, when you really love what you do, it's great work."
—Yo-Yo Ma
@ Hollywood Bowl, Goat Rodeo Sessions Tour
August 25, 2013