“Pain is how you know you’re alive, Ruth. It’s not something you should bury.”
“It was a trait common to the recently saved. Especially if one suffered from some form of dependency in their previous unsaved life. It was like they traded a secular addiction for a sanctified one.”
― All the Sinners Bleed
― All the Sinners Bleed
“Life sucks,” he says randomly. “Then you die. Might as well live while you’re still alive,”
― The Risk
― The Risk
“Maybe people never change, and it’s only our perceptions that alter the view.”
― Hooked
― Hooked
“Sometimes grief is love unexpressed. Other times it’s regret made flesh.”
― All the Sinners Bleed
― All the Sinners Bleed
“Our minds work hard to avoid dissonance – if we hold a belief strongly enough, our minds will forcefully reject conflicting evidence so that we can maintain the integrity of our understanding of the world.”
― Penpal
― Penpal
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