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“Secondly, I wasn’t doing that,” I lied. She snorted. “Please. Yes, you were. Everybody does it. But guess what? The worst thing that ever happened to you is still the worst thing that ever happened to you. You don’t have to feel guilty
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“Grace costs you nothing”
― Part of Your World
― Part of Your World
“I was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never heard of. They were perhaps the only thing that kept me from teetering into utter despair.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
“The world is violent and mercurial--it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love--love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share: being a parent; being a writer; being a painter; being a friend. We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.”
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“Together they sat in silence until Taylor said, 'Please stay with me.' The rabbit listened”
― The Rabbit Listened
― The Rabbit Listened
“When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters.”
― The Paradise Problem
― The Paradise Problem
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