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“You think everything is horrible and hopeless and too heavy to bear? I cannot stop you from thinking that. But ask yourself what you believed before you told yourself that lie, and you might see there is more to the story. That life, wretched as you call it, has greater significance than your limited sight might ascribe.”

“Love is a nightly tenet, same as war, and while I’d spent my life building muscle and wielding my axe, no one told me to love is always in some way to mourn—you can never truly love anything unless you allow yourself to see it clearly. Even when the loving breaks your heart.”