“Want is for children. If this were want, I would be rid of you by now. I would have forgotten you centuries ago,” he says, a bitter loathing in his voice. “This is need. And need is painful but patient. Do you hear me, Adeline? I need you. As you need me. I love you, as you love me.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy—love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.”
― Between Shades of Gray
― Between Shades of Gray
“Krasivaya. It means beautiful, but with strength. Unique.”
― Between Shades of Gray
― Between Shades of Gray
“Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy.”
― Between Shades of Gray
― Between Shades of Gray
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