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A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
2.
When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
3.
The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence
Holly Goldberg Sloan
4.
All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
5.
I somehow make it through the first month. I dress and brush my teeth when they tell me to. And I experience the hollow feeling of complete loss, which is emptiness.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
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What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
7.
If you're lost, you might need to swim against the tide.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
8.
It has been my experience that rewarding and heartbreaking often go hand in hand.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
9.
I'm putting my place in the universe into perspective.
I'm stardust.
I'm golden brown.
I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
10.
From my observation, the older you get, the more you like the word cozy.
That's why most of the elderly wear pants with elastic waistbands. If they wear pants at all. This may explain why grandparents are in love with buying grand kids pajamas and bathrobes.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Endings are always the beginnings of something else
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12.
I'll be ready. I'm not sure for what exactly. But maybe that's what being ready really means.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
13.
For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
14.
For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Becuase all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
15.
I don't want to know how you did it. I want to believe you are magic.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Dysphagia is the medical term for not being able to swallow, and I know that there are two kinds of dysphagia: oropharyngeal and esophageal. But maybe there is also a third kind of dysphagia that comes when your heart breaks into pieces. I can't swallow because I have that kind.
Holly Goldberg Sloan
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And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart
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18.
I force myself to think of anything but the one thing that I'm actually always thinking about. And that is so exhausting that I sleep more than I ever have.
Holly Goldberg Sloan