1. "If you can understand human behavior, it can’t hurt you nearly as much."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver
2. "Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver
3. "You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver
4. "There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work that way. Now you're growing. Tomorrow you'll shine."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver
5. "He says you don't often find angels in places like happy homes and rich people's backyard parties. He says that angels flock to places like hospitals and homelss shelters and jails, because those people realize they need help. And do they are able to believe in strange phenomena. Funny how the world is backward. The really comfortable people don't always see much supernaturally, and to the ones who have to struggle, it's, like, breathing in their faces. The first are last... and the last are first."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver
6. "If people knew who the angels were, they would be very nice when they saw one and would still do their same evil garbage when they thought none were around. Knowing who they are defeats the purpose."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver
7. "If a life goes down the toilet, it comes out in a river and meets the sea."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver
8. "Don't you give me that postmodern bullshit. There is truth, There is a truth. And what you want, or you feel, or you need, isn't going to change the truth. Any more than it's going to topple a skyscraper. There's truth, and there's belief. Don't call a mule a stallion."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver
9. "You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver
10. "I don’t really think our greatest memories are always great while they’re happening."
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Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver