Kaya McLaren Quotes

#1. If you ever start thinking that any of them are developmentally more mature than a high school boy, just remember they named their dogs after beer.

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#2. It made no sense to him, this idea that some people got God and some people didn't.

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#3. It brought him the most peace to simply believe that people were imperfect, and life was imperfect and sometimes bad things just happened.

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#4. There is no grief more devastating than the grief for what could have been.

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#5. Here's what Mike knew about kids: They did stupid stuff. Pretty much all of them.

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#6. You're going to stay here. You're going to get strong. And then, when your mind is as empty as your glass, you'll know what to do.

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#7. Go spend time with the aspen trees. They'll tell you how it works. They'll tell you to look to your roots for energy. They'll tell you there's warmth below the surface.

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#8. So at the end of the day, here was what Mike was able to believe in: people.It was people and their kindness the made him feel blessed. It was people who were the heroes, and people who were generous, and people who comforted one another.

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#9. He saw nothing but misfortune
human error and misfortune. It brought him the most peace to simply believe that people were imperfect, and life was imperfect, and sometimes bad things happened.

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#10. What they all knew was this: Life was fragile.

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#11. What was it, she wondered, that made some people give up and others fight harder? Where was her fight? She was out.

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#12. Women who got married got screwed.

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#13. So the real question remains whether every problem is worth fixing. The answer to that is no.

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#14. Sometimes you just wait for the night to be over and endure.

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#15. Miracles were just second chances if you really thought about it
second chances when all hope was lost.

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#16. We can fix that. We can fix anything. So the real question remains whether every problem is worth fixing.

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#17. What a tricky balance of safety and risk it is that brings out the best in us?

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#18. If you can, judge less and observe more.

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#19. She and Lisa always called that kind of snow heroic, because a person could do no wrong in it. Everyone skied like a hero in that kind of snow.

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