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“Happiness is so hard to come by. I don't understand why anyone would begrudge anyone else for managing to find some of it.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“Well, we are the stars", Joan said. "And the stars are us. Every atom in our bodies was once out there. Was once a part of them. To look at the night sky is to look at pars of who you once were, who you may one day be.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator.”
― There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
― There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
“I want to spend my energy thinking not of how my actions might be frowned upon by a man in the sky, but how my actions affect every living and non-living thing around me. Life is God. My life is tied to yours, and to everyone’s on this planet. How does that not instantly make us more in debt to one another? And also offer us the comfort that we are not alone?”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“If you know you’re good, an opponent is a temporary roadblock, something to be taken apart and moved out of your way.”
― There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
― There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
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