To allow yourself to play with another person is no small risk. It means allowing yourself to be open, to be exposed, to be hurt. It is the human equivalent of the dog rolling on its back—I know you won’t hurt me, even though you can. It is
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“IN THE DARKNESS, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out the sun.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Everything at this moment is so sublime that Jake thinks, Freeze! I want to stay right here forever. But of course, life doesn’t work that way. The waves fold over themselves again and again and again, and nothing can stop them.”
― 28 Summers
― 28 Summers
“I know, as a mother, that she would want you to live the life that God gave you. Your survival will be her triumph.”
― Eternal
― Eternal
“tardiness was allowable only in babies born past their due date.”
― Eternal
― Eternal
“I’ve wanted to quit living it so many times, but then moments like these remind me that happiness isn’t some permanent thing we’re all trying to achieve in life, it’s merely a thing that shows up every now and then, sometimes in tiny doses that are just substantial enough to keep us going.”
― Reminders of Him
― Reminders of Him
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