“Bravery is measured by how hard you try, not by whether you actually succeed.”
― Nancy Straight, quote from Blood Debt
“Mortality is one of the greatest gifts ever bestowed. After a long and fruitful life, we are able to rest.”
― Nancy Straight, quote from Blood Debt
“You know, I saw that on the news last week. People walking down the street, minding their own business, and BAM their lips turn elastic and wrap themselves around a friend's man. Happens all the time. It's a side-effect from the 'Stupid Pill'. Must have refilled your prescription before you left town.”
― Nancy Straight, quote from Blood Debt
“I can't see the future. But when I dreamed of the future, he was the one I was tied to.”
― Nancy Straight, quote from Blood Debt
“That’s the wonderful thing about family: the bigger it is, the larger your heart grows.”
― Nancy Straight, quote from Blood Debt
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“I fall asleep with the sound of her voice echoing in my head, and a feeling in my chest like someone is scooping my heart out with a spoon.”
― Melissa Keil, quote from Life in Outer Space
“That wouldn't be a bad way to die...giving off light for millions of years after you're gone.”
― Jeff Zentner, quote from The Serpent King
“La señora Rosa dice que la vida puede ser hermosa, pero que nadie ha dado con ella todavía y que, entretanto, hay que vivir.”
― Romain Gary, quote from The Life Before Us ("Madame Rosa'')
“Robert Frost wrote in 1914, “Why abandon a belief / Merely because it ceases to be true.”
― Leonard Mlodinow, quote from The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
“Most foundationally, marriage is the doing of God. And ultimately, marriage is the display of God.”
― John Piper, quote from This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence
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