“Well, I guess you can’t always rely on feeling in love. That comes and goes. It’s a decision, too, you know. You have to look after it.
“But for me, faith is about love. It’s something I can rely on. It’s something that gives me a sense of belonging. It’s there, whether I feel it or not, even in times of despair. When you feel completely alone and at sea, a short prayer can give you the strength to go somewhere inside yourself to find love.”
― Conversations on Love: Lovers, Strangers, Parents, Friends, Endings, Beginnings
― Conversations on Love: Lovers, Strangers, Parents, Friends, Endings, Beginnings
“And wasn’t it sweet to be where you were and let it remind you of the past for once, despite the upset, instead of always looking on into the mechanics of the days and the trouble ahead, which might never come.”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“Yes, but the antidote to loneliness isn’t just being around random people indiscriminately, the antidote to loneliness is emotional security.”
― The End of Loneliness
― The End of Loneliness
“There are fears you can’t intellectualize. Old reflexes you let go of only when the world has shown you, over and over again, that you are safe.”
― Our Last Resort
― Our Last Resort
“Grief (the biggest grief in the world) is like—What? What is it that happens to a person? I’ve always felt it is like a scream living inside me. It’s gotten a bit softer over time”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
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