greenie

“They keep trying, don't they?" he said, thoughtfully. "The plovers, and that little bird with the feather, all of them; they're still working so hard. All those hours and hours building their nests and finding those white feathers and laying their eggs."

"Birds always keep trying," said Castiel, nodding. "Always. A wild bird never gives up. Same with the wolves. They never give up. I've never yet seen a wild bird, or a wolf, that felt sorry for itself. Till the end, they just keep trying.”
― NorthernSparrow, Under the Midnight Sun

“Never again the companion in the night, the warmth to turn to, the steady support from the only one who knows Dean inside and out, in every conceivable way — all of Dean's horrors, all of Dean's flaws, all of Dean's earthiest and basest desires, all accepted, all cherished.

Life will limp on, sure. But never with Castiel, never again.”
― NorthernSparrow, You Can Keep Holding On

“Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet. I hear you say, "How unlucky that this should happen to me!" Not at all! Say instead, "How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened and am not afraid of what is about to happen. The same blow might have struck anyone, but not many would have absorbed it without capitulation or complaint.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations