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“The end of The Iliad.” “That’s the best part,” Marx said. “Why is it the best part?” Sadie asked. “Because it’s perfect,” Marx said. “ ‘Tamer of horses’ is an honest profession. The lines mean that one doesn’t have to be a god or a king
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“I've learned, above all, that less is truly beautiful. That happiness and contentment can't be manufactured, bought, subscribed to, or achieved by adding more to our lives. It's the counter-intuitive actioni of stripping away the excess that allows us to discover beauty and joy in the good lives we already have.”
― When Less Becomes More: Making Space for Slow, Simple, and Good
― When Less Becomes More: Making Space for Slow, Simple, and Good
“To trust God is to trust His timing. To trust God is to trust His way. God loves me too much to answer my prayers at any other time than the right time and in any other way than the right way. In the quietness of all that doesn't feel right, this truth does.”
― It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered
― It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered
“The way to turn an ex-lover into a friend is to never stop loving them, to know that when one phase of a relationship ends it can transform into something else. It is to acknowledge that love is both a constant and a variable at the same time.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“If I had to pick one person to be in my corner, it’d be you. Every time.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“You’re beautiful when you’re quiet and somber, but when you laugh? You rival the sunrise over the Skotos Mountains.”
― A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
― A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
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