“It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.”
― Bridge to Terabithia
― Bridge to Terabithia
“Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
― The Last Wish
― The Last Wish
“To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.”
― Joan of Arc
― Joan of Arc
“Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once thou perceive this, thou wilt thenceforward grow every day to a fuller understanding of it: until thou come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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