“There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s closer to love at second sight. It’s the feeling when you meet someone that you’re going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don’t love them right away, but it’s inevitable that you will.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
“Fortune favors the brave."
Another moment of silence. And then, Iolanthe found herself shouting at the top of her lungs, her voice nearly drowned by the bellow of all the rebels present, "And the brave make their own fortune!”
― The Perilous Sea
Another moment of silence. And then, Iolanthe found herself shouting at the top of her lungs, her voice nearly drowned by the bellow of all the rebels present, "And the brave make their own fortune!”
― The Perilous Sea
“expect sadness
like
you expect rain.
both,
cleanse you.”
―
like
you expect rain.
both,
cleanse you.”
―
“It is a horrible, terrible thing, the worst thing, to watch somebody you love die right in front of you and not be able to do nothing about it.”
― The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
― The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
“i don't pay attention to the
world ending.
it has ended for me
many times
and began again in the morning.”
― Salt
world ending.
it has ended for me
many times
and began again in the morning.”
― Salt
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