“Therein lies the lesson of the card, Evie Greene. The lesson of life. When you can’t change your situation, you must change yourself. You must rise and walk—despite the ten swords in your back.”
“It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
― Echoes of Life and Death
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
― Echoes of Life and Death
“The world is unfair and nature is cruel. This was a primary observation when I first became aware. In a natural world, anything weak is eradicated with pain and prejudice. All that which deserves sympathy, pity, and love receives none. You may look at a beautiful garden and marvel at nature’s wonder—yet in such a place, nature is nowhere to be found. On the contrary, a garden is a product of loving cultivation and care. With great effort, it is protected from the heartier weeds that nature would use to undermine and choke its splendor.”
― Thunderhead
― Thunderhead
“Throughout it all, you are still, always, you: beautiful and bruised, known and unknowable.”
― This Song Will Save Your Life
― This Song Will Save Your Life
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