The seasons don’t cease to change because we haven’t the time to plant or tend or harvest, because grief like a hailstorm comes up sudden and frightens us with its noise. Once the storm rolls on, the fields remain, and life goes on,
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“man meets woman, man and woman fall madly in love, man convinces woman to go on a romantic trip together, then man bails forty-eight hours before the trip.”
― Eat, Pray, #FML
― Eat, Pray, #FML
“It had seemed so safe, thinking of her. Ghost, air, nothingness, a thing you could play with easily and safely at any time of day or night, she had been that...Suddenly, the empty drawing-room steps, the frill of the chair inside, the puppy tumbling on the terrace, the whole wave and whisper of the garden became like curves and arabesques flourishing round a centre of complete nothingness.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“Pigwidgeon was choking on an overlarge Owl Treat. “Why is everything I own rubbish?” said Ron furiously,”
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“They had sent Harry a toothpick and a note telling him to find out whether he’d be able to stay at Hogwarts for the summer vacation, too.”
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“To the majestic house cat—may they be batting about balls of yarn in some happy circle of hell.”
― Through a Darkening Glass
― Through a Darkening Glass
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