Life is short. But desire, desire is long. - Jane Hirshfield - Quotesmemo.com

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My mother used to say, "Tell your brain you want that piece of information or you want to solve this problem, and then just walk away from it. Just forget about it. Just do something else, completely distract yourself, and you'll see, it's like a computer. Eventually, it will deliver it up. " And I find that's really true.

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Life is short. But desire, desire is long.

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