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“It demanded that you not sit back and trust the world to grant you a single kindness or break. Anything good it gave you could be stolen right back if you weren’t vigilant.”

“Of the many things wealth was good for, one of the most under appreciated was that it allowed you to purchase self-absolution.”

“She didn’t need to see a threat to respect it.”

“She was practiced in giving hate the response it deserved.”

“The most sensible answer could still easily be a wrong answer.”

“No one ever got tough without getting hurt first.”

“You either let things happen, or you make them happen.”

“If only all of our past tragedies could insulate us from the inconveniences of our present.”

“No matter what anyone tells you, life is little more than a series of consequences, and mistakes are forever.”

“Love is not the absence of boundaries.”

“The trouble with keeping secrets is that you constantly worry about them being revealed.”

“The trouble is, even if you find your prince, it rarely guarantees a happy ever after.”

“And it’s not how things start that matters. It’s how they finish.”

“Mum says hating someone means you’re murdering them in your heart.”

“We live in a world of pain. No one is excused from that.”

“I mean it’s hard being sad, because sadness is like a dark cloud that can block out the sun. But even clouds have their limits. They don’t last forever.”

“Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”

“Pain has its own heartbeat.”

“The blade forgets, but the neck remembers.”

“Would the metaphorical blisters be worth it?”

“It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.”
- L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“There are times in life when pretense is just bullshit and a waste of time.”

“When truths are revealed, no one is safe.”

“Fate was a bitch. It had been cruel to so many and spared others for no apparent reason.”

“Sometimes the world changes and you don’t even notice. One day slips into the next, and the world subtly transforms around you.”

“Happiness is so hard to come by. I don’t understand why anyone would begrudge anyone else for managing to find some of it.”

“If you’re unhappy, it’s hard to watch other people be happy. So it stood to reason that the opposite was true, too. That if you were happy, you wanted others to be happy along side you.”

“How was it, exactly that two people could scar each other like that and keep going?”

“Bravery is almost always a lie. Courage is all we have.”

“Being willing to make a mistake got you further than never trying.”