“Strange: how when a light is extinguished, it's immediately as if it has never been. Darkness fills in again, complete.”
― We Were the Mulvaneys
― We Were the Mulvaneys
“When you start to feel like things should have been better this year, remember the mountains and valleys that got you here. They are not accidents, and those moments weren't in vain. You are not the same. You have grown and you are growing. You are breathing, you are living, you are wrapped in endless, boundless grace. And things will get better. There is more to you than yesterday.”
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“There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another.”
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