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“That though the heart is breaking, happiness can exist in a moment, also. And because the moment in which we live is all the time there really is, we can keep going.”
― Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
― Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
“Sometimes you just jump and hope it's not a cliff.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
“He was like a freezer item that had thawed too quickly on the outside and was melting everywhere, while the inside was still frozen solid. Somehow he was expressing more emotion than at any time in his life before, while simultaneously feeling less, feeling nothing.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Those who love us never leave us alone with our grief.”
― Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
― Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
“Knowing your true emotions and thoughts probably felt dangerous if it threatened to distance you from the people you depended on. You learned that your goodness or badness lay not only in your behavior, but in your mind as well. In this way, you may have learned the absurd idea that you can be a bad person for having certain thoughts and feelings, and you may still hold that belief.”
― Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
― Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
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