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Christina Baker Kline, A Piece of the World Quotes: It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.
         

It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.


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I ... am left with the lingering feeling that the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.



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Do our natures dictate the choices we make, I wonder, or do we choose to live a certain way because of circumstances beyond our control?



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This page presents the quote "It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.". Author of this quote is Christina Baker Kline, A Piece of the World. This quote is about forgetting, pain, joy,.