There’s no way to know the exact second your life changes forever. You can only begin to know that moment by looking in the rearview mirror.
“Did you know that the light from our nearest star takes four years to reach us? Which means when we see it- when we see any star- we are really seeing what it looks like in the past. All those twinkling lights, every star in the sky, could have burned out years ago- the entire sky could be empty this very minute, and we wouldn't even know it.”
― The Thing About Jellyfish
― The Thing About Jellyfish
“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up”
― Divergent
― Divergent
“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
― Clockwork Princess
― Clockwork Princess
“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Clockwork Angel
― Clockwork Angel
“The staying and not-knowing and being afraid: That was worse than anything else that might have happened.”
― The Thing About Jellyfish
― The Thing About Jellyfish
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