“I had expected to die on many occasions before now. You might even say that death has been a companion of mine, always walking two steps behind. Well, now he has caught up.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“Many choices were not easy-they were near impossible, and there was no point hating poeple who were forced to make them.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold
“We do not get to choose when in our lives we feel pain," said Matthew. "It comes when it comes, and we try to remember, even though we cannot imagine a day when it will release its hold on us, that all pain fades. All misery passes. Humanity is drawn to light, not darkness.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold
“Do not let those who cannot see the truth tell you who you are. You are the flame that cannot be put out. You are the star that cannot be lost. You are who you have always been, and that is enough and more than enough. Anyone who looks at you and sees darkness is blind.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold
“It is true that we have many ways of coping with loss,’ he said. ‘And grief is never rational.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
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