1. Gnossienne: (noun) a moment of awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life.

    Gnossienne: (noun) a moment of awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life.

  2. Kummerspeck: literally, “grief bacon,” kummerspeck is German for the amount of weight one gains from emotional overeating.

    Kummerspeck: literally, “grief bacon,” kummerspeck is German for the amount of weight one gains from emotional overeating.

  3. “There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve alone” — Lyndon B. Johnson

    “There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve alone”

    — Lyndon B. Johnson

  4. “…to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.” — Herman Melville

    “…to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.”

    — Herman Melville

  5. “My favorite animal is steak.” — Fran Lebowitz

    “My favorite animal is steak.”

    — Fran Lebowitz

  6. “We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.” — Maya Angelou

    “We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.”

    — Maya Angelou

  7. “No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.” — Harold MacMillan

    “No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.”

    — Harold MacMillan

  8. “When you don’t share your problems, you resent hearing the problems of other people.” — Chuck Palahniuk

    “When you don’t share your problems, you resent hearing the problems of other people.”

    — Chuck Palahniuk

  9. “Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.” — Jean Paul

    “Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.”

    — Jean Paul

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