“Some things exist in our lives for but a brief moment. And we must let them go on to light another sky.”
― The Wrath and the Dawn
― The Wrath and the Dawn
“Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“My soul sees its equal in you.”
― The Wrath and the Dawn
― The Wrath and the Dawn
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