“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”
― A Life For A Life
― A Life For A Life
“Sometimes, happiness feels so fragile…So what do we do about it?...Live. Forget that it’s fragile. Live like it isn’t”
― Belong to Me
― Belong to Me
“You think you want to know something, and then once you do, all you can think about is erasing it from your mind.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“If you're going to rip someone off, it might as well be Audrey Hepburn.”
― Love Walked In
― Love Walked In
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