“It's important to know what you don't want, but it's vital to know what you DO want.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 152
“If you want to know what love is, have a child. If you want to know what pain is, bury him.”
— Giannina Braschi, book Yo-Yo Boing!
Yo-Yo Boing! (Spanglish novel, 1998)
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