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“still but if you move towards it, the beautiful creature will dart away. And this was a gazelle I was talking to.”
― Ruskin Bond, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

“Just leave. He hurts you. Walk away. And they assume we’re not strong. That we let people walk all over us. We’re passive. We let people control us.’ She shakes her head. ‘I’m none of those things. And I’m not the only woman in this situation who is strong.”
― Kathryn Croft, Two Mothers

“What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass…”
― Ruskin Bond, The Great Train Journey

“shame was a useless emotion, preventing people from making amends because they believed themselves unworthy of forgiveness.”
― C.R. Howell, The Woman in My Home