“We can’t choose what we want and don’t want and that’s the hard lonely truth. Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us. We can’t escape who we are.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“[T]he time your friends need you is when they’re wrong, Jean Louise. They don’t need you when they’re right”
― Go Set a Watchman
― Go Set a Watchman
“A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.”
― Go Set a Watchman
― Go Set a Watchman
“We don’t think about that enough. We spend too much time cursing time—time waits for no man, time will tell, oh, the ravages of time, time flies! We don’t think about the gift of time. Time gives us the chance to make mistakes and correct them, to regenerate, to grow. Time gives us the chance to forgive, to restore, to do better than we have ever done in the past. Time gives us the chance to be sorry when we fail and the chance to try to discover in ourselves a new heart.”
― The Wolves of Midwinter
― The Wolves of Midwinter
“What does a bigot do when he meets someone who challenges his opinions? He doesn’t give. He stays rigid. Doesn’t even try to listen, just lashes out.”
― Go Set a Watchman
― Go Set a Watchman
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