Or perhaps we feel that hurt and conflict are what we deserve, a common state of mind for people healing from pain or trauma.
“Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to
wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.”
― The Spectator Bird
wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.”
― The Spectator Bird
“...you are defined by how you live your life, not whom you live it with, and certainly not by what you gave up to be with that person.”
― It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
― It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
“The time has to be right and the heart willing.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet.”
― VALIS
― VALIS
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
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