I was becoming numb to everything. Just another funeral, another loss. Memphis was becoming a place just to go back to for funerals. Enough trauma had happened that it wasn’t even affecting me anymore. Everyone was kind of expecting me to
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“Maybe happy now, happy for a moment, is all we really get. Happy forever seems a shitload to ask in a world on fire.”
― The Women
― The Women
“No one’s coming to save you. You have to do it.”
― Seven Days in June
― Seven Days in June
“I’d marry you. I want to already, and that’s an insane feeling. It’s why I can’t start telling you I love you. Once I give in, this is happening. No stopping it.”
― Man o' War
― Man o' War
“I spent so much time accustoming myself to one kind of surprise—the kind hinging on disappointments, hurts, small abandonments, and emotional bartering—that I’d stopped considering there might be any other.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“Happiness happens along the route; it’s not a stop you get off at.”
― A Year of Positive Thinking: Daily Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage
― A Year of Positive Thinking: Daily Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage
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