“Courage for the big troubles in life, patience for the small. And when you have laboriously finished your day's efforts, go to sleep in peace. Be of good cheer.”
― My Dear I Wanted to Tell You
― My Dear I Wanted to Tell You
“Love is a quiet, reassuring, relaxing, pottering, pedantic, harmonious hum of a thing; something you can easily forget is there, even though its palms are outstretched beneath you in case you fall.”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
“How wild it was, to let it be.”
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
“Friendship was witnessing another’s slow drip of miseries, and long bouts of boredom, and occasional triumphs. It was feeling honored by the privilege of getting to be present for another person’s most dismal moments, and knowing that you could be dismal around him in return.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“Hij was niet enkel mijn rots in de branding, hij was veel meer dan dat, hij was de duizenden door wind gevormde ribbels strandzand die uit plassen achtergebleven zeewater opbolden en waardoor je kilometerslange strandwandelingen kon maken zonder één keer natte voeten te krijgen.”
― Ik ben er niet
― Ik ben er niet
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