“To forgive, you have to forget,” he counseled. “Because otherwise you haven’t truly forgiven.”
― The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
― The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
“But just as ignoring proper food will ultimately decay your body, so will handpicking the Truth eventually rot your soul.”
― The Little Liar
― The Little Liar
“He said it’s okay to not be okay, so long as it doesn’t become all we know.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
“Sometimes, it is the truths we don’t speak that echo the loudest.”
― The Little Liar
― The Little Liar
“It seems to me that if I just follow along with everybody else, my life will always be crowded with folks I don’t necessarily care to spend time with.”
― One Good Deed
― One Good Deed
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