Kate Jacobs Quotes
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The Friday Night Knitting Club
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...An honest conversation with anyone is a form of praying.
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Sometimes suffering is just suffering,” she told Gus. “It doesn't make you stronger. It doesn't build character. It only hurts.
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Women do amazing, creative, wonderful things.
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The thing is, that when you're young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you realize that you've lost the dearest best friend you've ever had, years have gone by and you're mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance.
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There's money, and then there's class. The two are often separated.
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A great measure of a man is how he reacts to a midnight awakening when there's no fire or burglar in sight.
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Especially in a world that doesn't need homemade anything.That's when we need homemade everything.
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Seeing a patter doesn't mean you know how to put it all together. Take baby steps: don't focus on the folks whose skills are far beyond your own. When you're new to something-or you haven't tried it in a while-it can feel impossibly hard to get it right. Every misstep feels like a reason to quit. You envy everyone else who seems to know what they're doing. What keeps you going? The belief that one day you'll also be like that: Elegant. Capable. Confident. Experienced. And you can be. All you need now is enthusiasm. A little bravery. And-always-a sense of humor.
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Better to live your life open rather than exist on borrowed time, waiting for the great unmasking.