I’ve grown somewhat adept at sitting with my pain. An odd thing to say, maybe, but it’s true. I taste it, touch it, find its textures and flavors and teach myself that no two hurts are the same, no two wounds will ever scar the same
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“know now what matters, and it is not what I have lost. It is my memories. Wounds heal. Love lasts.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“the failing of a student to learn is the failing of the teacher to teach.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“You’re not alone, and you’re not the one in charge,” Mother said gently. “Ask for help when you need it, and give help when you can. I think that is how we serve God—and each other and ourselves—in times as dark as these.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them. I’m beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don’t just happen. We have to make them ourselves.”
― Cress
― Cress
“I am a mother and mothers don’t have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
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