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“he found himself asking was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These

“He did not know how good it felt to love like this.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“We remember shooting stars for their shine, not the darkness of the night. Trying to wish away grief extinguishes those memories that glow so bright.”
― Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch

“I’m not there,” she says. “I’m not there to scramble his egg or kiss his forehead. My baby. I’m not going to be there. The whole rest of his life he’s going to be sick without me. How can that be?”
― Catherine Newman, We All Want Impossible Things