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“We humans are explorers and pioneers, and we find our inner strength when the end state is the absolute unknown.”
― I Am Haunted: Living Life Through the Dead
― I Am Haunted: Living Life Through the Dead
“All I know is that protecting someone from the truth is just another way of shutting them out.”
― Slow Burn
― Slow Burn
“As a kid, I used to fear that my life would be wasted. I would agonize over how I was going to live this finite life. We only have so much time, after all, and I didn't want my only experiences with different cultures to be on TV or in the pages of National Geographic. I wanted to visit the Kansas plains, the Virginia battlefields, and the California coast. I wanted to see the world instead of being stuck in just one part of it. I wanted to feel the energies of new places and different people, and I wanted to experience the glories of history.”
― I Am Haunted: Living Life Through the Dead
― I Am Haunted: Living Life Through the Dead
“Time is precious. Waste it wisely.”
― Slow Burn
― Slow Burn
“Being a parent is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It’s made me question my sanity more times than you can imagine,” he says dryly, and I know many of those times were because of me. “And there are times that you have to bite your tongue so hard you’re not sure if it’s going to be in one or two pieces when you open your mouth. It’s exhausting and you’re constantly doubting yourself, wondering if you’re doing the right thing, saying the right thing, being the right thing.”
― Aced
― Aced
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