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This is just the sort of day of which I approve. Brilliant, crisp, clear—owing to a wind that raced through London in the early hours of the morning. Fresh as a New Year deserves.
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“I don't feel very brave,” I said. Without my planning it, our eyes met. He looked, for that moment, like an eighteen-year-old who had been sealed in his bedroom for so long that he'd forgotten how to properly talk to humans.
“It doesn't matter how you feel,” he said. “What matters is truth, and the truth is, you're afraid of other things you don't need to fear.”
― The Integer
“It doesn't matter how you feel,” he said. “What matters is truth, and the truth is, you're afraid of other things you don't need to fear.”
― The Integer
“You don’t heal in a single moment. It’s day by day, a little at a time. The time it takes doesn’t mean God’s not healing you, or that you need to change tactics.”
― Martin Legacy
― Martin Legacy
“So what do you do on the days you can’t move on?”
Julie smiled, though it wobbled a little. “Trust God and try again tomorrow.”
― Martin Legacy
Julie smiled, though it wobbled a little. “Trust God and try again tomorrow.”
― Martin Legacy
“the end begins like all the beginnings before.”
― Twisted Grimms: Fairy Tales Retold
― Twisted Grimms: Fairy Tales Retold
“Maybe the song you’re writing is for one specific heartbroken soul who won’t be born for another four hundred years.”
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
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