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Abigail McKenna
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I may be a single man, and I may be in possession of a good fortune. No matter what universal acknowledgment says, however, I have never been in want of a wife.
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“There are some Questions, some battles, some Hiccups that are worth losing a world for. And perhaps even when all ends in disaster, you cannot do the wrong thing, if you do it out of love.”
― How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury
― How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury
“The Shield Bug was happy. It had an enemy. It had a sword. Soon the sword would meet the enemy. Life was simple when you were a Shield Bug.”
― Magyk
― Magyk
“I am so often moved by souls whose first concern is not for their own lost years, but for the grief their passing will cause to those they love. It's more common than you might think. The most ordinary mortal bodies are housed by spectacular souls.”
― Lovely War
― Lovely War
“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
“None of us here deserved God’s saving grace either, but we accepted it anyway because we needed it,” he continued. “Life isn’t about deserving things. It’s about doing the best we can with what we have.”
― Martin Legacy
― Martin Legacy
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