“We cannot decide to love. We cannot compel anyone to love us. There's no secret recipe, only love itself. And we are at its mercy--there's nothing we can do.”
― The Little Paris Bookshop
― The Little Paris Bookshop
“It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“I don’t feel very much like Pooh today," said Pooh.
"There there," said Piglet. "I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
"There there," said Piglet. "I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
“We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Do you know that there's a halfway world between each ending and each new beginning? It's called the hurting time, Jean Perdu. It's a bog; it's where your dreams and worries and forgotten plans gather. Your steps are heavier during that time. Don't underestimate the transition, Jeanno, between farewell and new departure. Give yourself the time you need. Some thresholds are too wide to be taken in one stride.”
― The Little Paris Bookshop
― The Little Paris Bookshop
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