“We can’t always control our circumstances, who our parents are, where we live, or how much money we make, but in those rare moments when we can shape our fate, when we do have the power to make our own happiness, we can’t be too scared to do it.”
― Swear on This Life
― Swear on This Life
“Everything seems simple until you think about it. Why is love intensified by absence?”
― The Time Traveler's Wife
― The Time Traveler's Wife
“All adults have days when we feel completely drained. When we no longer know quite what we spend so much time fighting for, when reality and everyday worries overwhelm us and we wonder how much longer we’re going to be able to carry on. The wonderful thing is that we can all live through far more days like that without breaking than we think. The terrible thing is that we never know exactly how many.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“When someone tells you a piece of their life, they’re giving you a gift, not granting you your due.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“When we met I was wrecked, blasted, and damned, and I am slowly pulling myself together because I can see that you are a human being and I would like to be one, too.”
― The Time Traveler's Wife
― The Time Traveler's Wife
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