Monica Wood Quotes
There is no such thing as wasted writing.

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A single task won't crush your spirit. Give yourself a break

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because I know the difference between preaching and anesthesia.

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Maybe he, like Mum, believed God had delivered three extra children, one-two-three, as a sign of His plan for this couple's long, long friendship. But God had also delivered to him the Oxford Paper Company, and the foamy river it sat upon. And the long working hours it required. And t . . . Read more

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The packet of fading photos gives it away if you know how to look: always a rundown porch landing and stair rails behind, always a child squinting into strong sunlight and a grim-faced adult skulking in shadow. What must it have been like to grow up in that silence?

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I’d remembered Omer and Brownie as an homage to Mr. and Mrs. Vaillancourt, who were made for each other and called each other “honey” and kissed right in front of us sometimes. I’d remembered a jaunty story about a lady duck who falls in love, despairs when her beloved swims b . . . Read more

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In they went, over the footbridges to mills flourishing on Chisholm land. “To the Rumford Falls Paper Company, which made—?” “Newsprint!” “And the Rumford Falls Sulphite Company?” “Sulphite pulp!” “And the International Paper Company?” “Manila, envelope paper, . . . Read more

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It took years for me to know this, to see how loss can tighten your grip on the things still possible to hold.

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