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People Aren't Problems to Solve

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People Aren't Problems to Solve

Getting more of what you need sometimes requires treasuring what you already have.

Heather Havrilesky
Jun 8, 2023
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Waterways #1 (1961) by Helen Lundeberg

Review a whole month of Ask Polly columns and you’ll discover a vast array of characters defined in terms of what they can and can’t do. Friends and lovers and parents and colleagues form a messy and confusing mob of humans who are rigid and punitive, who make mistakes and back away or never show up to begin with. I…

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