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“You've been halfway living your life for too long. May was saying that when it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“Maybe crazy is what they call anybody who's got magic in them after they're no longer a child.”
― Boy's Life
― Boy's Life
“Wilbur didn't want food, he wanted love.”
― Charlotte’s Web
― Charlotte’s Web
“August: You know, somethings don't matter that much...like the color of a house...But lifting a person's heart--now that matters. The whole problem with people--"
Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't...
August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't...
August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
“God has a sense of humor that gets my goat sometimes.”
― Boy's Life
― Boy's Life
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