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“Now, when I look at the ocean, I don’t see the stuff that strands us. I see a path to other places. And the stars aren’t indifferent. They show you the way.”
― The Wayfinder
― The Wayfinder
“Grief shared, I think, can produce two outcomes. Either you bind yourselves together and hold on for dear life, or you let go and up goes a wall too high to be crossed.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“Japheth: “We are nailing this new best friend thing!”
Ronald: "Since there’s no nailing going on, I’m down for a bromance.”
― Bless This Hot Mess: A Sinfully Funny Story
Ronald: "Since there’s no nailing going on, I’m down for a bromance.”
― Bless This Hot Mess: A Sinfully Funny Story
“How cruel life is only this long. Now that I see clearly, I’d like more time.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“we are thirty in our hearts, before all the disappointment, all the ways it turned out to be so much more painful than we thought it would be, but then again, it has also been magic.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
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