“Those who are ill-prepared to endure the battle for survival should perhaps never have attempted living in the first place.”
― The Signature of All Things
― The Signature of All Things
“The less you indulge yourself now, the more you can indulge yourself in the future, when you have made your fortune.”
― The Signature of All Things
― The Signature of All Things
“She felt simultaneously relieved and burdened: relieved of all her old questions; burdened by the answers.”
― The Signature of All Things
― The Signature of All Things
“One must bear what cannot be escaped," she told Alma, as she rubbed clean her face. "You will not die of your grief - no more than the rest of us ever have.”
― The Signature of All Things
― The Signature of All Things
“A parent is inexcusable who does not personally teach her child to think.”
― The Signature of All Things
― The Signature of All Things
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