Knowing he was suffering pained me. That's the way love tangles you up. I couldn't stop loving him, and couldn't shut off the feelings of wanting to care for him—but I also didn't have to run to answer his letters. I was hurting, too, and no one was running to me.

—Paula McLain in The Paris Wife

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About Paula McLain

Portrait of Paula McLain

Paula McLain (born 1965) is an American author best known for her novel, The Paris Wife, a fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway's first marriage which became a long-time New York Times bestseller. She has published two collections of poetry, a memoir about growing up in the foster system, and the...

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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

—Maya Angelou

Care and diligence bring luck.

—Thomas Fuller

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The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

—Gretchen Rubin in The Happiness Project

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I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary.

—Mignon McLaughlin

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Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.

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