Claudia

“My father says teaching is a great act of hope,” Qiu Jin said. “An old Chinese proverb says, ‘If you plan for one year, sow rice. If you plan for a decade, plant trees. But if you plan for a lifetime, educate people.”
― Robert Dugoni, Hold Strong

“She told me that a child needs to hear and truly understand only three phrases from their father as they grow up. ‘I love you.’ ‘I will help.’ And, ‘I don’t know.”
― James Islington, The Strength of the Few

“We never fully heal from such deep wounds, but the deeper the wound, the further the light can enter our bodies and our souls.” She managed a faint smile, then added, “I have much light inside.”
― Robert Dugoni, Hold Strong

“But I think it is also the relief I feel that those stars are immovable. Nothing you or I could do will ever alter them. They are so much bigger than us. And they will not change within our lifetime. We can succeed or fail, get it right or get it wrong, love and lose the ones we love, and still the Summer Triangle will point south. And in that way, I know everything will be some type of okay—as impossible as that can seem sometimes.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere