Emily
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“Some things you can be so close to that you never grasp their true nature.”
― Acceptance
― Acceptance
“To repay evil with kindness is the proof of a good man; a superior man blames himself, a common man blames others.”
― Peony: A Novel of China
― Peony: A Novel of China
“Convention (is) so often a mask for injustice.”
― The Greek Way
― The Greek Way
“Bodies could be beacons, too, Saul knew. A lighthouse was a fixed beacon for a fixed purpose; a person was a moving one. But people still emanated light in their way, still shone across the miles as a warning, an invitation, or even just a static signal. People opened up so they became a brightness, or they went dark. They turned their light inward sometimes, so you couldn’t see it, because they had no other choice.”
― Acceptance
― Acceptance
“That’s when you rise, finally. You rise out of the mud, in the rain, and you go back inside and suddenly everything gets really cold and calm. The answer doesn’t lie in your backyard because no one is going to come and save you even if you beg them to. Especially if you beg them to. You’re on your own, like you’ve always been on your own. You have to keep going forward, until you can’t go forward anymore.
You have to hang on. You’re almost there. You can make it to the end.”
― Acceptance
You have to hang on. You’re almost there. You can make it to the end.”
― Acceptance
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