“We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction.”
― I Kissed Dating Goodbye
― I Kissed Dating Goodbye
“I learned that the world didn't see the inside of you, that it didn't care a whit about the hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone. It was as simple, as absurd, and as cruel as that.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“Forever is a pretty long time. Maybe longer than you think.”
― The Catastrophic History of You and Me
― The Catastrophic History of You and Me
“Human behavior is messy and unpredictable and unconcerned with convenient symmetries.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“Maybe 'okay' will be our 'always”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
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