“Sometimes the most beautiful moments in our lives are things that hurt badly at the time. We only see them for what they really were when we stand at the very end and look back.”
― The Love That Split the World
― The Love That Split the World
“I’m not even that upset about the rejection any more. What bothers me most is that I haven’t got to the end of my story, and I can’t start over with someone else, it’s too hard.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“It’s folly to measure your success in money or fame. Success is measured only by your ability to say yes to these two questions: Did I do the work I needed to do? Did I give it everything I had?”
― Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes
― Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes
“Healing is a small and ordinary and very burnt thing. And it’s one thing and one thing only: it’s doing what you have to do.”
― Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes
― Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes
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