“Like all mothers, I have long since mastered the art of nursing joy at one breast and grief at the other.”
― The Frozen River
― The Frozen River
“They do a million things worse than murder to use every day all over the world, and no one blinks”
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“Good marriages are never as interesting as bad affairs.”
― Tom Lake
― Tom Lake
“Love can stay. But that’s because it’s not a feeling.”
“What is it, then?”
“It’s a commitment”
“Like an obligation?”
“No, not in a bad way. I just mean it’s a choice you renew every day… the love that commits to the sacrifices, that puts their happiness and needs over mine, that does it daily on repeat-that’s a choice.”
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“What is it, then?”
“It’s a commitment”
“Like an obligation?”
“No, not in a bad way. I just mean it’s a choice you renew every day… the love that commits to the sacrifices, that puts their happiness and needs over mine, that does it daily on repeat-that’s a choice.”
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“I don’t remember ever looking at my mother this way, like I could eat her down to the bone then wipe my bloody mouth on her hair.”
― Tom Lake
― Tom Lake
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