The opportunity cost of investing your life in something that’s not going to get better is just too high.
“Grief is different. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life.”
― The Year of Magical Thinking
― The Year of Magical Thinking
“God, how we get our fingers in each other's clay. That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of each other.”
― Something Wicked This Way Comes
― Something Wicked This Way Comes
“Mr. Wonka: "Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted."
Charlie Bucket: "What happened?"
Mr. Wonka: "He lived happily ever after.”
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie Bucket: "What happened?"
Mr. Wonka: "He lived happily ever after.”
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions!”
― Hamlet
― Hamlet
“It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to begin. There are no stars yet, just darkness.”
― The Summer Book
― The Summer Book
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