Quote by Meghan ORourke
Its all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into t

Its all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength. – Meghan ORourke

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Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. Its like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes. – Meghan ORourke

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Food
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But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone. – Meghan ORourke

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alone
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My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I dont know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing. – Meghan ORourke

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Christmas
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim. – Queen Elizabeth II

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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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strength

I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesnt occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea. – Thor Heyerdahl

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strength

Money doesnt mind if we say its evil, it goes from strength to strength. Its a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy. – Martin Amis

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If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day. – Alex Noble

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When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. – Tennessee Williams

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After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics. – Denise Caruso, about the Internet

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Imagine spending four billion years stocking the oceans with seafood, filling the ground with fossil fuels, and drilling the bees in honey production — only to produce a race of bed-wetters! – Barbara Ehrenreich

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