Dad lived in fear of time. He felt it stalking him. I could see it in the worried glances he gave the sun as it moved across the sky, in the anxious way he appraised every length of pipe or cut of steel. Dad saw every piece of scrap as the money it could be sold for, minus the time needed to sort, cut and deliver it.
タグ: work, time, money

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I think it's a belief that you can learn something. That's something that I really value from the upbringing I got.
タグ: something, think, value, you
In families like mine, there is no crime worse than telling the truth.
タグ: mine, like, crime, truth
My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we'd need in the Days of Abomination.
タグ: always, dad, fruit, family
There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain.
タグ: sense, mountain, life
Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.
タグ: anger, yourself, you, forgiveness
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