“When someone leaves your life, those exits… are… not made equal. Some are beautiful, and poetic, and satisfying. Others are… abrupt and unfair, but most are just unremarkable, unintentional, clumsy. Where Lup went, she didn’t intend to end up there and she certainly didn't intend to spend as much time away as she did.”
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“Yeah, you know… the fact of the matter is, your life is a constant stream of changes, I mean, you start one day accepting a job offer, and you end, saving the world. And you’re going to walk through that door, and your life will never be the same, and I wish I could tell you that everyday from now on will be amazing, and the happiest day of your life, but that’s not the way that life works, but every day will be made better because she’s in it with you. You aren’t going to be alone ever again, even if you’re ever separated, you’ll still never be alone.”
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“What brings me joy is… life. I think you can find joy anywhere, in life. I think it’s a conscious choice. I think you- you choose joy, in life. And no matter how bad things are, no matter how crummy, no matter how dark, because at the end of the day, that’s all you got. It’s looking back on the joy you had, and the joy you found, and the joy you gave other people.”
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“One day… believe it or not… you're gonna laugh at a joke.
You're gonna go swimming, and you're gonna smile in the sunlight.
You're gonna pet yourself a good dog, and it‘s gonna make you feel happy.
You ain't always gonna feel like this, Pigeon.
Other people, maybe, but not you. And how do you get there? How do you get to that point? I don't know.
But you are gonna get there.”
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You're gonna go swimming, and you're gonna smile in the sunlight.
You're gonna pet yourself a good dog, and it‘s gonna make you feel happy.
You ain't always gonna feel like this, Pigeon.
Other people, maybe, but not you. And how do you get there? How do you get to that point? I don't know.
But you are gonna get there.”
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“According to Alessandra Strong, surviving is what’s hard, because you never get to take a break from it. You never get to stop. No matter how tired you are, how confused. You’ve just got to keep living... and you’ve got to have faith that, eventually, you’ll be glad you did.”
― The Penumbra Podcast
― The Penumbra Podcast
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