“Joy doesn’t require the absence of grief,” my mother said. “We have the capacity to hold both at the same time. That’s part of the human experience.”
“I read once that the difference between an extrovert and an introvert isn’t how you act in a group setting. It’s whether or not those group settings give you fuel or drain you. An introvert can outwardly appear to others to be an extrovert, and vice versa. But it all comes down to how those interactions influence you internally.”
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“We must feel the bad as deeply as the sea, for then we are able to feel the joy as high as the moon.”
― Sorrow and Starlight
― Sorrow and Starlight
“He had lost all hope after his conviction, and a human without hope is a wild animal.”
― The Perfect Marriage
― The Perfect Marriage
“After all, problems that show up are nothing more than puzzles asking to be solved.”
― Twisted
― Twisted
“I’ve always believed the eyes cannot lie. They hold the truths we are unable or unwilling to speak.”
― The Perfect Marriage
― The Perfect Marriage
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