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“I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
“...We're never prepared for how much we love our children, for how much we wish we could protect them by being perfect.”
― A Great and Terrible Beauty
― A Great and Terrible Beauty
“When life brings you to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray.”
― American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal
― American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal
“My dad used to say that life was like turning the pages in a book. 'Oh, look,' he'd say, pretending to flip the pages in the air after we'd had something bad happen to us. 'Bad luck here on page ninety-seven. And on ninety-eight. But something good here on ninety-nine! All you had to do was keep reading!”
― Summerlost
― Summerlost
“That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love.”
― Wonder
― Wonder
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