Lucia, Lucia
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The one thing I wish is that I had reacted differently to some of the events. I let things get me down and keep me there, sometimes for too long. And I believed I could somehow control the bad things, and that was a big mistake. Things turn
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“Maybe”
― The First Time I Saw Him
― The First Time I Saw Him
“But a truly fine education teaches the students to be curious, to ask questions, to augment their understanding of the world around them and feel at ease in it.”
― The Academy
― The Academy
“You said stop looking for joy anymore because you’re not going to find it. Look for purpose. That will get you through.”
― The First Time I Saw Him
― The First Time I Saw Him
“You know”
― Life: A Love Story
― Life: A Love Story
“The smell of woodsmoke because you were reading in front of a cozily crackling fire; the smell of lavender laundry soap from the lambswool blanket tucked around your knees; the smell of a cat because in a perfect library you’d have a cat purring at your feet as you read the best book in the world in front of a crackling fire with tea and chocolate chip cookies on the arm of your perfect reading chair.”
― The Astral Library
― The Astral Library
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