And worst of all, I hadn’t even known that was how I felt until this moment. Alex’s presence had a way of drawing the truth right to my surface.
“Maybe things can always get better between people who want to do a good job loving each other. Maybe that’s all it takes.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
― People We Meet on Vacation
“Forty-three years old, and the war occurred half a lifetime ago, and yet the remembering makes it now. And sometimes remembering will lead to a story, which makes it forever.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“Can we take a picture together?” I ask, but what I’m thinking is, I wish I could bottle this moment and wear it as a perfume. It would always be with me. Everywhere I went, he’d be there too, and so I’d always feel like myself.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
― People We Meet on Vacation
“But contrary to common belief, I wasn’t reckless. I just followed my gut. Some might even call that faith.”
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
“That’s the key, isn’t it? To know the darkness will always remain, but how you choose to face it, handle it … that’s the important part. To not let it consume. To focus upon the good, the things that fill you with wonder.” She gestured to the stars zooming past. “The struggle with that darkness is worth it, just to see such things.”
― A Court of Silver Flames
― A Court of Silver Flames
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