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Book cover for Scarred (Never After, #2)

Scarred (Never After, #2) by Emily McIntire

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“There’s a difference in beliefs and blind worship, Michael. One builds a sense of self, and the other strips it away.”

Hooked (Never After, #1)

by Emily McIntire

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Katy’s Quotes

“To the blessed darkness from which we are born, and to which we return.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight

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“There's a difference in beliefs and blind worship. One builds a sense of self, and the other strips it away.”
― Emily McIntire, Scarred

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“I don’t believe in the wisdom of children, nor in the wisdom of the old. There is a moment, a cusp, when the sum of gathered experience is worn down by the details of living. We are never so wise as when we live in the moment.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

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“But we’re all a little twisted, and there’s no such thing as good and evil. There are only perspectives, and perceptions change depending on the angle.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

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“The ancient covenant is in pieces; man knows at last that he is alone in the universe's unfeeling immensity, out of which he emerged only by chance. His destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty. The kingdom above or the darkness below: it is for him to choose.”
― Jacques Monod, Chance and Necessity: An Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology

tags: alone, belief, chance, choice, covenant, destiny, meaning, universe

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