“I know that right choices by definition are the means by which life crystallizes loss.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
“If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us...then there wouldn't be so much fuss about love in the first place.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
“In our twenties, when there is still so much time ahead of us, time that seems ample for a hundred indecisions, for a hundred visions and revisions—we draw a card, and we must decide right then and there whether to keep that card and discard the next, or discard the first card and keep the second. And before we know it, the deck has been played out and the decisions we have just made will shape our lives for decades to come.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believing. Once you've changed, other things start to follow. Isn't that the way it works?”
― So You Want to Be a Wizard
― So You Want to Be a Wizard
“Old times, as my father used to say: If you're not careful, they'll gut you like a fish.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
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