“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
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“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”
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“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― The Cost of Living
― The Cost of Living
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