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“Maybe it's not in the perfection of life that things make sense, but in the chaos.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Ruin

“Do it afraid.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Ruin

“I prayed over and over again that God would spare me, not because I cared that much about my own life -- but because I cared about hers.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Ruin

“the nurse smiled and patted my arm. “Don’t give up yet. Sometimes when we think God has written The End, what he really means is The Beginning.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Ruin

“Fear..." I uncrossed her arms and linked my fingers with hers. "Is what makes us feel alive. Fear causes our blood vessels to constrict, and then the amygdala, a tiny almond shaped part of our brain, sends signals to our nervous system. The signal says run or fight.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Ruin

“Living is hard--dying is easy. You close your eyes and never open them again. What's so difficult about that? Nothing really--except it hurts like hell to those you leave behind.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Ruin

“We live for books.”
― Umberto Eco

“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
― Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist

“It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
― Neil Gaiman

“Face front, true believers!”
― Stan Lee

“One eye sees, the other feels.”
― Paul Klee

“Be glad. Be good. Be brave.”
― Eleanor Hodgman Porter