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Her mother said he was as integrated into their family as a tail on an animal, and there was nothing they could do about it.
“God wants us to receive everything that life was meant to teach. Then we take what we've learned, and it becomes our offering to God and to mankind. But we have to live in order to learn. And sometimes we have to fight in order to live.”
― From Sand and Ash
― From Sand and Ash
“I want to do the right things for the right reasons. Not because someone will judge or someone else will wonder. Not because of tradition or pressure. Not because I'm afraid or embarrassed to do anything else. And not because it's what people expect. I want to do his will. But that is what I struggle with most, knowing what his will really is. Not his will according to the Catholic Church, but his will.”
― From Sand and Ash
― From Sand and Ash
“Before the war, she'd never have gone out in the rain and happily stood in it. Now, it was a reminder that she was alive...”
― Wives of War
― Wives of War
“Maybe, in the absence of any certainty, we should just assume that we’re going to live a long time. Maybe that’s the only way forward.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“With our hands, we reach for things we shouldn't have and we grasp what isn't ours. The way I have always reached for you.”
― From Sand and Ash
― From Sand and Ash
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