“I know now what matters, and it is not what I have lost. It is my memories. Wounds heal. Love lasts. We remain.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“Dog’ is ‘God’ spelled backward; you know that. That’s why you’re here, to help the nuns do God’s work.”
― A Dog's Journey
― A Dog's Journey
“Because you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. And because there is joy in embracing - rather than running from - the utter absurdity of life.”
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
“A girl got kicked out of the swimming hole today. Inge Hachmann. They said they wouldn’t let us swim with a half-breed. Unsanitary. A half-breed, Werner. Aren’t we half-breeds too? Aren’t we half our mother, half our father?”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
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