have always taken great pride in managing my life alone. I’m a sole survivor – I’m Eleanor Oliphant. I don’t need anyone else – there’s no big hole in my life, no missing part of my own particular puzzle. I am a self-contained entity.
“We always pretend the ideals and culture of the past have aged like wine, but in truth, the ideas of the past tend to age more like biscuits. They simply get stale.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“You can’t taste a memory without tainting it with who you have become.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“he was six and a half feet tall and had a jaw so straight it made other men question if they were.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Even small actions have consequences. And while we can often choose our actions, we rarely get to choose our consequences.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Empathy is an emotional loss leader. It pays for itself eventually.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
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