“It’s my fault too. For a long time, I wanted to be rescued, I realized that. But not anymore. You don’t have to protect me all the time now.”
― The Memory Keeper's Daughter
― The Memory Keeper's Daughter
“The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles- preferably of his own making- in order to triumph. A hero without a flaw is of no interest to an audience or to the universe, which after all, is based on conflict and opposition, the irresistible force meeting the unmovable object.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
“Everything crushed in on me at once. Sure made me feel better- don’t feel bad about crying. Ever.”
― The Maze Runner
― The Maze Runner
“He finally understood that God’s presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another. It had been him in the workshop as he’d labored over the window with Jonah; it had been present in the weeks he’d spent with Ronnie. It was present here and now as his daughter played their song, the last song they would ever share. In retrospect, he wondered how he could have missed something so obvious.
God, he suddenly understood, was love in the purest form and in these last months with his children, he felt His touch as surely as he heard the music spilling from Ronnie’s hands.”
― The Last Song
God, he suddenly understood, was love in the purest form and in these last months with his children, he felt His touch as surely as he heard the music spilling from Ronnie’s hands.”
― The Last Song
“My father was a difficult man. But he was also a good one.”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
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