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she is his wife, his wife, and for the first time he understands what it is to belong to someone, why people get married, a woman standing up for you as if for herself, and he’ll never face anything alone again, as long as she’s with him he
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“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.”
― Beware of Pity
― Beware of Pity
“You can't own a human being. You can't lose what you don't own. Suppose you did own him. Could you really love somebody who was absolutely nobody without you? You really want somebody like that? Somebody who falls apart when you walk out the door? You don't, do you? And neither does he. You're turning over your whole life to him. Your whole life, girl. And if it means so little to you that you can just give it away, hand it to him, then why should it mean any more to him? He can't value you more than you value yourself.”
― Song of Solomon
― Song of Solomon
“You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.”
― Me Before You
― Me Before You
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