We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies.

—Shirley Abbott

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This was the dawn of plastic eating in America.… We doted on Velveeta. Spam. Canned ravioli. Instant puddings. Instant anything. The farther a thing was from the texture, flavor, and terrifying unpredictability of real food, the better.

—Shirley Abbott

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As I grew to adolescence, I imagined, from closely observing the boredom and vexations of matrimony, that the act my parents committed and the one I so longed to commit must be two different things.

—Shirley Abbott

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In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

—William Blake

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Love isn't about what you have or who you know. It's about how you earn what you have and how you treat those you love. The material things don't matter when your heart is full of joy and contentment.

—Lisa De Jong in Plastic Hearts

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It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.

—Cyril Connolly

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Sometimes when you finally find out, you realize that you were much better off not knowing.

—Audrey Niffenegger in Her Fearful Symmetry

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There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

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