“Women fall differently, that’s all. We die by the stopping of our hearts, they by the insistence of theirs.”
“When you have reached your own room, be kind to those Who have chosen
different doors and to those who are still in the hall.”
― Mere Christianity
different doors and to those who are still in the hall.”
― Mere Christianity
“If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all.”
― What Happened to Goodbye
― What Happened to Goodbye
“Courage, dear heart.”
― The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
― The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“What can you ever really know of other people's souls — of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole of creation you do know: and it is the only one whose fate is placed in your hands. If there is a God, you are, in a sense, alone with Him.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.”
― What Happened to Goodbye
― What Happened to Goodbye
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