“If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For the rest: my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those I once so desperately wished to be.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
“Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.”
― The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
― The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“Love promises happily ever after, it boldly professes forever—but delivers only one thing—a reckless brand of hope.”
― Toxic Part One
― Toxic Part One
“We cannot know the future. All we can do is face it bravely. We should take heed of those we love and respect. But in the end, we make every decision alone.”
― Seer of Sevenwaters
― Seer of Sevenwaters
“To be lost and forgotten-to be abandoned-is a shared and terrible fear, just as our fondest hope, as we grow older, is that we might leave some parts of us behind in the hearts of those we love and in that way live on.”
― The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
― The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
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