“You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“She realised that you could be as honest as possible in life, but people only see the truth if it is close enough to their reality.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“And that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can’t have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Sometimes regrets aren't based on fact at all”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― The Cruel Prince
― The Cruel Prince
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