Dusty Doyle-McDaniel
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“Grief is a weird emotion, isn't it? So disconcerting. It's like there's this part of your life missing, this part that you ache for. After a while, it gets easier to pretend it was never there, but that doesn't make the want go away. And it's those little moments every now and again, those reminders of a time past that tear the scab off, make the pain feel fresh.”
― Roadie
― Roadie
“The past isn't something you run from; it's something you walk slowly past, taking pictures, making memories. You learn from the bad times and treasure the good ones, but you leave that view firmly entrenched in the rearview mirror.”
― Moxie
― Moxie
“True. But it’s not always the ending that’s the most important. Sometimes, the journey to get there is just as good.”
― In the Arms of the Elite
― In the Arms of the Elite
“Our past isn't an anchor that keeps us tied to a shipwreck beneath the sea; it's the sail that we can collect wind in so that we can soar.”
― The Forever Crew
― The Forever Crew
“I’d never feared the darkness. In fact, you might say, I’d always gravitated toward it. The quiet stillness. The clarity it afforded.”
― Lock Up the Darkness
― Lock Up the Darkness
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