Shameless Plug for My Favorite Book #2 - Mother's.Uncle's Advice
My mother says this to me all the time. It is both absurd, and insightful.
“A dear uncle told me once, when I was deep in despair at some injustice by some bureaucrat, scholastic or familial, “Chuck, they can kill you, but they’re not allowed to eat you.” Exactly why this statement has since stood as the cornerpost of my determination to live my life as a life and not as an apology, only Ralph Waldo Emerson could have explained. And I hadn’t read much Emerson when I was eleven.”
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