“Life is too short, too fragile, too precious to hide in the shadows of what might have been. If continuously looking behind, you risk missing the possibilities that lie ahead.”
“Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“Time can wash dirt off a memory until it is revealed as something else entirely.”
― The Bright Years
― The Bright Years
“Gilbert has never left me, and the circumstances of his death have never for one day diminished, and as I age it feels so strange that the majority of people with whom I come in contact don’t have the slightest inkling that he ever lived. I had him for so much less time than I’ve lived without him, and yet his presence is enormous, though I keep it to myself.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“People are too complicated, and nobody is just one thing.”
― How to Read a Book
― How to Read a Book
“Someone I loved very much said once to me there is no parallel universe; there is no ‘what could have been if only.’ How I wish there was.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
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