Mariel
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“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
“Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. (from 'Instructions')”
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
“Meant to be?’ It's just something people say so that they don't have to look at all the things they did wrong and wish they could take back. Only by the time they figure that out, it's too late.”
― California Dreaming
― California Dreaming
“You know I love you,' said the other mother flatly.
'You have a very funny way of showing it,' said Coraline.”
― Coraline
'You have a very funny way of showing it,' said Coraline.”
― Coraline
“Kiss a lover,
Dance a measure,
Find your name
And buried treasure.
Face your life,
It's pain,
It's pleasure,
Leave no path untaken.”
― The Graveyard Book
Dance a measure,
Find your name
And buried treasure.
Face your life,
It's pain,
It's pleasure,
Leave no path untaken.”
― The Graveyard Book
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