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> [“A friend of mine said that dogs and kids were great as long as you let them run around and tire themselves out. My mind was the same way. (176)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/a-friend-of-mine-said-that-dogs-and-kids-were-great-as-long-as-you/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

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## More by Wendy Blackburn

> [“I wanted to curl up in her lap and stay there forever. I wanted to be her. She was raising me, cultivating me, molding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/i-wanted-to-curl-up-in-her-lap-and-stay-there-forever-i-wanted-to-be/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“Joan had told me a story once about some elephants in captivity somewhere, how as babies they were put into ankle cuffs with chains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/joan-had-told-me-a-story-once-about-some-elephants-in-captivity/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“In a rush, Joan and Timothy and the log cabin and the prayers and even those tough little pieces of beachglass came into my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/in-a-rush-joan-and-timothy-and-the-log-cabin-and-the-prayers-and-even/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“She told me to keep writing. After my journal filled up, I bought another one. As I wrote and read my entries to Joan,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/she-told-me-to-keep-writing-after-my-journal-filled-up-i-bought/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“Sometimes I felt like I was running from somewhere, but other times I felt like I was running to somewhere. (178)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/sometimes-i-felt-like-i-was-running-from-somewhere-but-other-times-i/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“Then she compared the work we did to the peeling of an onion: "It takes a long time, and we peel the layers slowly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/then-she-compared-the-work-we-did-to-the-peeling-of-an-onion-it-takes/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“A friend of mine said that dogs and kids were great as long as you let them run around and tire themselves out. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/a-friend-of-mine-said-that-dogs-and-kids-were-great-as-long-as-you/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“I spent the next two hours down there, first sitting in the sand, sifting and swirling, watching the grains fall from the webs of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/i-spent-the-next-two-hours-down-there-first-sitting-in-the-sand/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“I was starting to understand that the more you talked about something the less it hurt, each telling deflating it a little bit more.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/i-was-starting-to-understand-that-the-more-you-talked-about-something/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“I wanted everything to freeze, it was finally where I wanted it, and I whispered to my empty dining room, "Nobody move." Timothy was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/i-wanted-everything-to-freeze-it-was-finally-where-i-wanted-it-and-i/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“It was beautiful not despite but because of the friction it has had to endure. It had been thrashed around, but instead of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/it-was-beautiful-not-despite-but-because-of-the-friction-it-has-had/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“As we ate, I watched the waves crashing and thought about the erosion, the turning of rock into sand, and how long it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/as-we-ate-i-watched-the-waves-crashing-and-thought-about-the-erosion/)

[Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/)

> [“Timothy said there were just those people who, when it all came down to that final moment and you were leaving Earth on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/timothy-said-there-were-just-those-people-who-when-it-all-came-down/)

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