Friday, September 14, 2012

Step-Ball-Change / Jeanne Ray / 227 pages

This is a delightful, feel-good revolving door of of developing and disintegrating relationships filled with awesome insights, love of dance, and the all-encompassing importance of family.

"Maybe we each get one thing, our missing half, the thing that was completely natural in life, the thing that is exactly a perfect fit, something that we step into and say Yes, this is who I am.  We feel completed, whole...and maybe it isn't always a person."

"What you need to ask yourself is this:  Are you  a better person when you're with him?  Are you kinder or smarter or happier?  Do you think you do more good in the world?'

"Marriage is a cliff dive.  You can do all the research you want, but you're never really going to know if it's going to work or not until you jump."

"Childhood is the time to cobble together and identity:  I am good at this, I love this, I could never do that, I wouldn't touch that. We put together lists, stake claims.  The people around us make assumptions and we grow to fit them."

"Every now and then you get a chance to start over."

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