I don’t mean that I had never been alone, that’s completely different. Solitude is fine, being alone is fine. Being lonely is not.
“Sometimes we just get it wrong.”
― Doctor Sleep
― Doctor Sleep
“I think gentleness is a mighty word because you have to be strong of heart to be kind.”
― Sky Song
― Sky Song
“That is the whole thing with the future. You don’t know. At some point you have to accept that you don’t know. You have to stop flicking ahead and just concentrate on the page you are on.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“That's the thing with time, isn't it? It's not all the same. Some days - some years - some decades - are empty. There is nothing to them. It's just flat water. And then you come across a year, or even a day, or an afternoon. And it is everything. It is the whole thing.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“History was, is, a one-way street. You have to keep walking forwards, but you don't always need to look ahead. Sometimes you can just look around and be happy right where you are.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
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