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Meghan O'Rourke Quotes

A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore.

Meghan O'Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: 1976

Topics

Time Death Goodbye Long You Say

I had some friends that went to this hypnotist to stop smoking, and I kind of love things that seem magical. And I liked that it was in Santa Monica, and I had to go near the ocean to get my brain washed out or whatever. So I went there. And I went on a Thursday, and I got hypnotized.

Jenny Slate

Love Ocean Brain Smoking Friends Go

In the morning, I'll usually do eggs and toast, but at night I keep it all protein.

Joel Parkinson

Morning Night Eggs Protein Keep

That's what politics is. It's the story of what's happening, what does it mean, what's the conclusion, who are the interesting characters?

John Dickerson

Politics Story Interesting Mean Who

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.

Amy Lowell

Time Best Greed Earth Give Which

I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

Mike Oldfield

Good Father Experience Think Taken

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Government People Democracy Want

Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea.

Mick Taylor

Roots Enough Back Go Something Idea

I didn't do very well academically; I was always in the bottom class.

Chris Lilley

Class Always Bottom Well Very

I have incredibly positive associations with the military.

Cheryl Mills

Positive Military Associations

There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.

Allen Boyd

Work Anger Work Hard Bitterness Hard

That's something I think is growing on me as I get older: happy endings.

Alice Munro

Happy Me Think Growing Something

I love working in groups - I think it makes each individual more powerful.

Petra Collins

Love Think Powerful More Individual