Kate Jacobs Quotes

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Whether a person is physically in front of you or not, the love remains.

Kate Jacobs
So this was it. You take a wrong step and you end up wearing yesterday's underwear, sitting on the carpet trying to teach yourself how to knit. And even that doesn't work. She never expected it to be so hard. Life.

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We don't always get what we deserve," she replied, patting James over his heart. "Sometimes we get more; sometimes we get less. At least we get something.

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And there's always a better time than right now and there always will be. But right now is what we've got.

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A great measure of a man is how he reacts to a midnight awakening when there's no fire or burglar in sight.

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The knit stitch is a series of flat, vertical loops that produces a knitted fabric face and the purl stitch is its reverse. One side is smooth, the other bumpy. Knit is what you show the world, purl is the soft, nubbly underside you keep close to the skin.

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There's the life we dream, the life we deserve, and the life we get. I'll take what I got over what I deserve any day.

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But what Dakota most enjoyed about the beginning of winter was the crispness of the air (that practically demanded the wearing of knits) and the way that tough New Yorkers - on the street, in elevators, in subways - were suddenly willing to risk a smile. To make a connection with a stranger. To finally see one another after strenuously avoiding eye contact all year.

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Especially in a world that doesn't need homemade anything.That's when we need homemade everything.

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It gave her a feeling of her own power, to make something practical and beautiful just by using her own skill and creativity. It inspired her.

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Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier...It just makes you less likely to quit.

Kate Jacobs