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Heaven
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“Trouble is,” Kojima said and took a deep breath, “even if we’re just things to them, they won’t leave us alone like actual things. We can never be like a clock on the wall.” She gazed out the window. “That’s the thing, right?”
“Space belonged to no one, but Earth belonged to all of them.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“What a gift to have known Vanessa, and to have loved her...In a moment of brilliant clarity - a clarity Joan knows she will lose her grasp on within seconds, and have to fight like hell for years to come back to - Joan understands that God gave her something spectacular. A love, and a life, beyond the confines of her imagination...Joan is so insignificant and yet, look at what God had given her. Look at all that God had given her. Look at what no one will be able to take away.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“For a long time, I’ve been waiting for judgment. For some god to hurl a lightning bolt at me or strike me dead. I wonder now if I’ve been looking for gods in all the wrong places. There is a bruised recognition in his gaze and that—this singular truth that I am not alone—expands the universe in a way that faith never has.”
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
“Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
“Listen. It's okay. We asked for so much didn't we? We wanted to touch the stars, and look at what we did. There's nothing more we could ask from the universe, of this God you always talk about, than that. So it's okay. It is fine. Okay, Joan? For me, as long as you all know what you meant to me, it all worked out fine.”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
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