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" Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view. "

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" As a single parent, I had become tyrannical in order to survive, and anything I couldn't control caused me enormous anxiety. As a naturally untidy, disorganised man who never made lists or kept receipts, morphing into someone who could take care of a toddler on his own may have caused me to overcompensate a little. "

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" This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic. "

" I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off. "

" Every parent, no matter how cultured or sophisticated, will one day succumb to a child's pleas to visit Walt Disney World Resort. "

" I was living in a large apartment with no furniture, just a typewriter, and because I had nothing else to do with my time, it made me take my writing seriously. "

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" Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in. "

" Everything that we love will, at some point, be taken away from us. If I think about everyone I love eventually being taken away from me by death, or simply by getting lost from each other in the world, it makes me value them much more now. "

" Both my parents were very supportive of me in whatever I wanted to do. "

" Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian. "

" The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help, but that it's actually impossible. "

" There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all. "

" If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy. "

" Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do. "

" When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more. "

" Shoes are a neutral blessing for us because feet generally aren't regarded as a place where the battle for self-esteem is won or lost. Feet don't change size when the body does through the natural ageing process. "

" The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world. "

" When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it. "

" I find hunger more interesting than accomplishment. "

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" Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night. "

" I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson. "