“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.”
“Tragedy, accidents especially, rarely come with reasons why. Yet, we look for them everywhere. We blame. We deny. We carry guilt, regrets. Sometimes, and this is hard to accept but you must, it is simply that person’s time to go. We are all here on borrowed time.”
― At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities
― At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities
“But please always remember, my dear, that there is a difference between a life that honors the past and a life dictated by it. When you let your history shape your future, you relinquish the ability to choose a better way forward.”
― The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
― The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
“Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“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
“I guess I was considered somewhat odd. I wasn’t a cheerful, frivolous little girl interested in dolls and drawing. I was serious and rather grave. Watchful, wary. I was a skeptic. I didn’t have many friends. I read a great deal. I was reading all the time.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
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