“Or maybe it's just that beautiful things are so easily broken by the world.”
― City of Fallen Angels
― City of Fallen Angels
“We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.”
― City of Heavenly Fire
― City of Heavenly Fire
“even though going out for a jog can make you feel alive and whole and powerful, it also leave you vulnerable and alone. But we keep running anyway. Because we have no other choice. We run in spite of this. We run knowing the dangers, knowing who we are and why we could be targeted. But that won't stop us”
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“We'd growl and snarl until a calm settled in, and after that, we could continue throughout the day, holding hands and skipping around the house, as if nothing had happened at all. As if that's just how sisters act. But it is, though. How sisters act. Brutal and tender and out for blood.”
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“You can’t think yourself out of a pattern you didn’t think yourself into. You practiced yourself into it, so you have to practice your way out.”
― Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms
― Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms
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