Why was I standing on the street when the window feel out of the building? Why did the bus run over me? Because it was my turn in the barrel, that's why.
Ellyn BacheTags: life-and-death
When you're down, remember your triumphs. [...] Sometimes you get in trouble and crash. Other times: just a bumpy landing.
Ellyn BacheTags: flying life-lessons
It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life.
Ellyn BacheTags: life laughter death illness
You move forward. You face up to your challenges. You don't retreat. You're young, and sometimes you'll wish you could. But don't.
Ellyn BacheTags: life-lessons
But some climbs you have to make alone.
Ellyn BacheTags: life-lessons
When you’re down, remember your triumphs. That’s what I need to tell the girls. Sometimes you get in trouble and crash. Other times: just a bumpy landing.
Ellyn BacheTalk about anything long enough, and you cut it down to size.
Ellyn BacheMax can’t help it,” Eddie says. “The teenaged brain isn’t wired for empathy. It’s designed to look forward.” “If you heard him, why didn’t you say something?” “Nothing to be gained. There are articles about it.” Eddie pours himself a cup of coffee. “Think of Max as a butterfly emerging from his cocoon. At this point in its development, the butterfly is too busy to think of anything but emerging. It’s an all-consuming task. It can’t develop other skills until later. Max will learn sympathy later on.” “I see. He’ll become a caring human being once he’s stopped emerging?” “Exactly.” “Or else he’ll turn into a serial killer by the age of twenty.
Ellyn BacheEverybody’s brave when they don’t have any choice
Ellyn BacheYou’re not really afraid you’ll hurt him. You’re afraid because you believe it was wrong even to think it. But having a thought, even an awful one, is different from acting on it. All the difference in the world.
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