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“Everyone always talks about being color blind. And I get that. I do. But maybe instead of being color blind, we should celebrate color, in all its shades. It kind of bugs me that we’re supposed to ignore our differences like we don’t see them, when seeing them doesn’t have to be a negative.”
― The Law of Moses
― The Law of Moses
“What do you want from me?" he asks.
What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.
More.”
― Jellicoe Road
What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.
More.”
― Jellicoe Road
“When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life.
That she had wanted to be dead all those years while her brother had been alive. That had been her sin.
And this was her penance.
Wanting to live when everyone else seemed dead.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
That she had wanted to be dead all those years while her brother had been alive. That had been her sin.
And this was her penance.
Wanting to live when everyone else seemed dead.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
“Time softens memories, sanding down the rough edges of death.”
― The Law of Moses
― The Law of Moses
“Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
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