Mary Laura Philpott
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I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
16 editions
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2019
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Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives
8 editions
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2022
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Penguins with People Problems
5 editions
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2015
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“Maybe we all walk around assuming everyone is interpreting the world the same way we are, and being surprised when they aren't, and that's the loneliness and confusion of the human experience in a nutshell.”
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
“But maybe the trick isn't sticking everything out. The trick is quitting the right thing at the right time. The trick is understanding that saying "No, thank you" to something you're expected to accept isn't failure. It's a whole other level of success.”
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
“What a job, to raise someone from birth to adulthood, bestowing upon them your knowledge and your values and, despite your best intentions, any number of traits you've inherited yourself. What a loaded task, to make every move, every day, in such a way that the impressionable larva-person in your home will see your example, process it into something with herself, and grow layers of muscle and soul over it until she is a fully developed human being. And all the while, the little person you're nurturing is fighting you - spitting out the broccoli, not wearing the helmet, rolling her eyes at your carefully chosen words of advice - and you become constantly worn down even as you pour your energies into loving her.”
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
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