“What can I say about Trenton? A sad sprout of a human being, halfway between a boy and a broccoli.”
― Rooms
― Rooms
“You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away,”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“I remembered the boy crying the day they buried Smokey in the yard, and I hoped he wouldn’t cry over my death. My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy.”
― A Dog's Purpose
― A Dog's Purpose
“Everyone joins a band in this life. And what you play always affects someone. Sometimes, it affects the world.”
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
“You humans are always locking each other away. Cells. Dungeons. Some of your earliest jails were sewers, where men sloshed in their own waste. No other creature has this arrogance—to confine its own. Could you imagine a bird imprisoning another bird? A horse jailing a horse? As a free form of expression, I will never understand it. I can only say that some of my saddest sounds have been heard in such places. A song inside a cage is never a song. It is a plea.”
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
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