Crystal
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It was odd. As a girl, Sophie would have shriveled with embarrassment at the way she was behaving. As an old woman, she did not mind what she did or said. She found that a great relief.
“It was like the part of me that had enjoyed those friends had evaporated, leaving behind a huge, echoing emptiness, and I was scrabbling on the edge of it, trying not to fall into the hole within myself because I was terrified to find out how far down it went.”
― The Beginning of Everything
― The Beginning of Everything
“If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can’t know better until knowing better is useless.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“The days are long, but the years are short.”
― The Happiness Project
― The Happiness Project
“But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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