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“Brave people just bear up under their circumstances and do their best. There's a whole world of people out there, all trying to muddle through. And honestly I don't think heroes are worth more at the end of the day. Sometimes it takes greater courage to learn to live again when you think life's over, than it does to risk it in the first place."
The Light Between Worlds p 299”
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The Light Between Worlds p 299”
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“You can love someone down to their core and they can love you right back just as hard, and if you traded diaries you’d learn things you never suspected. There’s a part of everyone deep down inside of them not meant for you. And the sooner you learn that, the easier your life is gonna be.”
― The Female of the Species
― The Female of the Species
“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There’s no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that.”
― Scythe
― Scythe
“Human nature is both predictable and mysterious; prone to great and sudden advances, yet still mired in despicable self-interest.”
― Scythe
― Scythe
“This is, after all, my own peculiar magic--whatever circumstances I find myself in, I always land on my feet.”
― The Light Between Worlds
― The Light Between Worlds
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