The Villa
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She had forgotten, as we all do, that beautiful things can contain their own darkness.
“You can have compassion without forgiving. There are many ways to move on, and pretending to feel a certain way isn’t one of them.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
“The truth is, I often have trouble with social situations; it’s as though everyone is playing an elaborate game with complex rules they all know, but I’m always playing for the first time.”
― The Maid
― The Maid
“If we instead back away from all that divides us, you might find common, unifying perspectives on the world. If so, watch where you step.”
― Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
― Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
“What a miracle it is to have people to come home to every day. To be loved. To be expected. I thought I appreciated every moment, but sitting here in the cold, I know I took it all for granted. And how could I not? Until everything topples, we have no idea what we actually have, how precariously and perfectly it all hangs together.”
― Dark Matter
― Dark Matter
“If relationships are a puzzle, then theirs was solved from the get-go—as if someone shook out the box and watched from above as each separate piece landed exactly right, slipping one into the other, fully interlocked, into a picture that made perfect sense.”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
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