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Real love was not a bolt out of the blue, it was not the playing of violins, it was like anything else, it was a habit of the heart. You got up every day and you put it on, same as your pants, your boots, and you kept treading the constant
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“But for Oliver, as even a casual observer of history could say with complete confidence, such one-man governing structures never ended well for anyone, not even the strongman. Humans make poor gods. We’re just not up to it.”
― Strangers in Time
― Strangers in Time
“again, you’ll remember what I’m telling you. Time stands still when you lose the love of your life, because it has nowhere to go. You just are, and it just is. Your life becomes something else entirely without someone to love. When”
― The View From Lake Como
― The View From Lake Como
“It's incredible what one can accomplish with the power of a library card.”
― The Book Spy
― The Book Spy
“Just the act of falling in love was to agree to a broken heart.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“She knew there was a price to be paid with important relationships like that. They were wonderful, but they also had the capacity to exact a punishing price when one in the relationship was gone. Grief, sadness, anger at a loss, and terrible, unrelenting hurt were the costs to be paid for loving and being loved. It felt completely worth the bargain right up until the very moment payment was demanded. She”
― Strangers in Time
― Strangers in Time
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