Three Reasons You Should Always Swim to the Surface 1. Swimming is good exercise. It’s the reason my arms look so good. (Don’t deny it. I know you like my arms.) 2. The sun is above the surface. The sun suits you. 3. I’d miss you. —Max


“We cling to our fairy tales until the price for believing them becomes too high,”
― Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
― Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

“Until he comes back for me, I’m just going to keep pretending to be okay. I’ll keep pretending to swim, when really all I’m doing is floating. Barely keeping my head above water.”
― It Ends with Us
― It Ends with Us

“Secrets have power,” Widget begins. “And that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them. Writing them down is worse, because who can tell how many eyes might see them inscribed on paper, no matter how careful you might be with it. So it’s really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus

“Long ago people used to say what they wanted out loud and hope that someone would give it to them. They called it praying.”
― Reached
― Reached

“You cannot change your journey if you are unwilling to move at all.”
― Reached
― Reached
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