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“The downside of human closeness is that, to the degree you have loved their presence, you grieve their loss. Amanda,”
― Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

“To lower your heart rate and drift off on nights when sleep feels impossible, dream of all the adventures that lie ahead of you and the distances you’ve traveled so far. Wrap your arms tightly round your body and, as you hold yourself, hold this one thought in your head: I’ve got you.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“It struck me that we are never fully at ease when we are aware of another's gaze. Perhaps we are never fully ourselves. In the desire to please or impress, to persuade or dominate, our movements become conscious, our features set.

[Esme Nicholl]”
― Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

“The thing about life is that, for most folks, it hurts from the start.”
― Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir