“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“I like autumn. The drama of it; the golden lion roaring through the back door of the year, shaking its mane of leaves. A dangerous time; of violent rages and deceptive calm, of fireworks in the pockets and conkers in the fist.”
― Gentlemen and Players
― Gentlemen and Players
“I've never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.”
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“I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.”
― Five Quarters of the Orange
― Five Quarters of the Orange
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