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What if when they died, they didn’t get to go to heaven? I thought about how sad that must make Mom, and I made a silent promise to try to be better for her.
“We can’t know why we are dying in the same way we can’t know why we are living. Living and dying are both complete mysteries, and toy can’t know either until you have done both.”
“That’s poetic. And ironic.”
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
“That’s poetic. And ironic.”
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
“I think the same is true of dying. We can’t know why you are dying in the same way that we can’t know why you are living. Living and dying are both complete mysteries, and you can’t know either until you have done both.”
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
“Lenni," she said softly, "you're the bravest person I know."
"Why?"
"You just are," she said, and the moment fell between us."
"Dying isn't brave," I said, "it's accidental. I'm not brave, I'm just not dead yet.”
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
"Why?"
"You just are," she said, and the moment fell between us."
"Dying isn't brave," I said, "it's accidental. I'm not brave, I'm just not dead yet.”
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
“I wished I had been there when the bombs fell, to have opened my mouth and swallowed their ordinance. Then spit it all back at them.”
― The Boat Runner
― The Boat Runner
“I worked it out sitting here. Maybe that’s the thing we need to understand, Alice. That some things are a gift, even if you don’t get to keep them.”
There was a silence before he spoke again.
“Maybe just to know that something this beautiful exists is all we can really ask for.”
― The Giver of Stars
There was a silence before he spoke again.
“Maybe just to know that something this beautiful exists is all we can really ask for.”
― The Giver of Stars
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