“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
“He’d forgotten how it felt. To hold a book in your hands and know that everything would turn out okay in the end, to lose yourself in someone else’s story… That was a joy he hadn’t allowed himself to indulge in for a very long time.”
― The Library of Borrowed Hearts
― The Library of Borrowed Hearts
“I don’t want to prove I can be like them. I don’t want to be like them.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey,” Milo told him. “We are spiritual beings on a human journey, born into our lives for one reason only:”
― Jimmy Bluefeather
― Jimmy Bluefeather
“Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
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