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“I feel a little sorry for him,” Jonas said, “even though I don’t even know him. I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.”
“Love is deep and calm—and constant.”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
“He had seen a birthday party, with one child singled out and celebrated on his day, so that now he understood the joy of being an individual, special and unique and proud.”
― The Giver
― The Giver
“It comes from the Bible,” she told me. “So the rector isn’t the first to tell that lie. As for the reason: it is my belief that people lie when they are afraid.” I was confused. “But what could Reverend Goode be afraid of?” My mother smiled. “Us,” she said. “Women.”
― Weyward
― Weyward
“But what could Reverend Goode be afraid of?” My mother smiled. “Us,” she said. “Women.”
― Weyward
― Weyward
“I’d thought love meant settling and perhaps even boredom, but the reality was so different. It was kindness and patience and steadfastness. It was knowing what the other person needed and doing it with a glad heart, not for any sort of reward other than love itself.”
― When the World Fell Silent
― When the World Fell Silent
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