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“Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world.”
― The Dwarves of Death
― The Dwarves of Death
“She says she prays to God to strike Hitler dead. Cannot help thinking if God wanted to do that he would not have waited till Mrs. Helm asked him to do so.”
― Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49
― Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49
“You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“He said, “Miss Tiffany, the witch… would you be so good as to tell me: what is the sound of love?”
Tiffany looked at his face. The noise from the tug-of-war was silenced. The birds stopped singing. In the grass, the grasshoppers stopped rubbing their legs together and looked up. The earth moved slightly as even the chalk giant (perhaps) strained to hear, and the silence flowed over the world until all there was was Preston, who was always there.
And Tiffany said, “Listen.”
―
Tiffany looked at his face. The noise from the tug-of-war was silenced. The birds stopped singing. In the grass, the grasshoppers stopped rubbing their legs together and looked up. The earth moved slightly as even the chalk giant (perhaps) strained to hear, and the silence flowed over the world until all there was was Preston, who was always there.
And Tiffany said, “Listen.”
―
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