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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
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"Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk" Quotes

Lillian Boxfish reminisces about her life as she takes a walk through New York City on New Year's Eve.

Quotes

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

Kathleen Rooney

kindness

The most astonishing thing about Lillian's life was not that it was long, but that it was ever new.

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lifeamazement

She felt the city as a series of vibrations, a thrum, a pulse, and she was part of it.

Kathleen Rooney

cityconnection

New York City is the only place in the world where you can be lonely and not feel lonely.

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cityloneliness

She had always known that one day she would be a star.

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ambition

Walking is the best way to remember who you are.

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self-discovery

In a city like this, every day was a cause for celebration.

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cityjoy

She liked the idea that she was a woman who had witnessed and influenced so much change.

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changeempowerment

The world was made of stories, and Lillian was a reader.

Kathleen Rooney

storiesreading

Every street corner was a memory palace.

Kathleen Rooney

memorynostalgia