“You no longer belong to the church or these people. You are not bound by the laws of their world. From this night forward, I am your church. When you are lost, I am your shelter. When you are in pain, I am your elixir.” Gripping her crown,
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“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”
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“Even the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary simply by doing it with the right people.”
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“Your relationship may be "Breaking Up," but you won't be "Breaking Down." If anything your correcting a mistake that was hurting four people, you and the person your with, not to mention the two people who you were destined to meet.”
― Break Up, Don't Break Down
― Break Up, Don't Break Down
“a lot of times love doesn’t work out. Yet even when it fails, it connects you to others and, in the end, that is all you have, the connections.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
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