“I'm telling you. I know all about darkness. That's why I am so hell-bent, every damn day, on looking for the light.”
― What You Wish For
― What You Wish For
“After a secret’s been told, everyone becomes a prophet.”
― The Mothers
― The Mothers
“But love and pain are two sides of the same coin. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes that's how we know we're alive.”
― Setting Free the Kites
― Setting Free the Kites
“Life doesn’t ever give you what you want just the way you want it. Life doesn’t ever make things easy. How dare you demand that happiness should be yours without any sacrifice—without any courage?”
― What You Wish For
― What You Wish For
“The big secret of adulthood is that you never feel settled,” Elisabeth said. “Just unsettled in new ways. Your twenties are about getting the things you want—the career, the man. Your thirties are about figuring out what to do with that stuff once you’ve got it.”
― Friends and Strangers
― Friends and Strangers
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