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What if I’m too old for this?! What if I do find something I want to do and inevitably just get crushed again? Can I really start over somewhere new, at the bottom? But then, I’m literally never going to be any younger than I am in this
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“Deep down, that’s what haunts you. That wish to be free.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Life—life was pain. Pain, and joy. Joy because of the pain.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“I’ve always known I’ll die in combat. I just don’t want it to be today.”
― Onyx Storm
― Onyx Storm
“Isn’t that what life is about? Forging forward with the answer you have – stumbling along the way and picking yourself up – only to one day realise that the answer you’ve held on to for a long time is not the right one. When that happens, it’s time to look for the next answer. That’s how ordinary folks, like herself, live. Over our life span, the right answer will keep changing.”
― Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
― Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
“Survival is a slow death. No one can keep treading water forever—it’s just a slow way to drown. If their situation doesn’t change—if no lifeline comes or they don’t find a boat or solid ground—they will sink.” His eyebrows knitted together even tighter as he searched my gaze. “I don’t want to see you sink, little ember.”
― A Kiss of Iron
― A Kiss of Iron
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