wisdom is accepting that there are things you cannot force: people change when they are ready creativity moves at its own rhythm healing does not have a time limit love blooms when things align
“About love. About how we often mistake love for fireworks – for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It’s boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm – and constant.”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
“Somehow grasping at vanishing snowflakes is like grasping at happiness; an act of possession which instantly gives way to nothing.”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
“Nobody knows my heart. It’s hidden deep beneath my coat, my skin, my ribs. My heart was important for nine months inside my mother’s belly, but once I left the belly, everyone stopped caring whether it beat enough times per hour. No one worries when it stops or begins to beat fast, telling me there must be something wrong.”
― The Discomfort of Evening
― The Discomfort of Evening
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