“As you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them --"ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.”
― The Chosen
― The Chosen
“This wasn't supposed to be like this. It was supposed to be beautiful. What the fuck?”
― Love May Fail
― Love May Fail
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.”
― The Silver Linings Playbook
― The Silver Linings Playbook
“Another thought hits me hard as a lawn dart to the eye: this moment is so terribly unimportant to the rest of the world, yet it means everything to me somehow - and it's enough.
So I sign and I sign and I sign.”
― Love May Fail
So I sign and I sign and I sign.”
― Love May Fail
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