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Shelley’s Quotes

“But since I've never had a taste for unhappiness, I decided it wouldn't last. Unhappiness has to stop someday.”
― Valérie Perrin, Fresh Water for Flowers

tags: grief-and-loss, inspirational, love

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“It’s the words they didn’t say
that make the dead so heavy in their coffins.”
― Valérie Perrin, Fresh Water for Flowers

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“Today, what matters for her, for me, is making flowers grow.”
― Valérie Perrin, Fresh Water for Flowers

tags: mother-s-love-for-child

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“Like a flight of swallows as winter approaches,
Your soul flew away with no hope of return.”
― Valérie Perrin, Fresh Water for Flowers

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“Don’t judge each day by what you can pick, but by the seeds you sow.”
― Valérie Perrin, Fresh Water for Flowers

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