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But how much of myth is truth? And what do you do when your belief in it is breaking?

“Because even in moments of despair, I believed the gods were watching over us. We were never alone because we were beloved by them.”

“Or so I thought. Or so I believed. The image of the girl, trembling on the bank of the stream, is imprinted in my mind. To think, in the moment of her greatest sorrow, she was truly alone.”

Why must everything we love be taken from us? Why can’t we hold what we love forever in our hands, safe and warm and whole?

the review was right! it's giving spirited away

“You’re a kind girl, Mina. I may seem confident, but I’m very afraid. I want to live. Is there any way a person can die, yet still live?”

i could not help myself... they got to me!!!!

“Who are you to say what my fate is—if I am to fail, or if I am to succeed? My fate is not yours to decide. My fate belongs to me.”