“I know you think of me as your mother only, but please remember, inside I am also just a girl.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don’t think it’s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“I didn't know it was happiness at the time, because it felt like busyness and exhaustion and financial stress and self doubt.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“We did not ask for this room or this music. We were invited in. Therefore, because the dark surrounds us, let us turn our faces to the light. Let us endure hardship to be grateful for plenty. We have been given pain to be astounded by joy. We have been given life to deny death. We did not ask for this room or this music. But because we are here, let us dance.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“She'd learned a long time ago to look ahead, not back. What's done is done. Make the best of it and move on.”
― In the Unlikely Event
― In the Unlikely Event
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