“You will never again be the person who had never tried tacos, because after you try one that person no longer exists. In a way he'll die, and someone new and more experienced will take his place." And”
― quote from That One Kid Who Freaked Out, Or Whatever
“So I squeeze his hand, and it's really warm and hand-shaped, and we walk around the beach, and explore a little”
― quote from That One Kid Who Freaked Out, Or Whatever
“If I open up, it gets me, Dad. It gets me, and I don't know if I'm strong enough to stand it.”
― quote from That One Kid Who Freaked Out, Or Whatever
“Life just gets better. Which is not to say that it's always easy.”
― quote from That One Kid Who Freaked Out, Or Whatever
“I am worthy. I am enough. Safe. Secure. Worthy. Enough.”
― quote from That One Kid Who Freaked Out, Or Whatever
“I am a whole, complete person, worthy just as I am.
And I am enough.”
― quote from That One Kid Who Freaked Out, Or Whatever
“Damascus, is simply an oasis, that is what it is. For four thousand years its waters have not gone dry or its fertility failed. Now we can understand why the city has existed so long. It could not die. So long as its waters remain to it away out there in the midst of that howling desert, so long will Damascus live to bless the sight of the tired and thirsty wayfarer.
"Though old as history itself, thou art fresh as the breath of spring, blooming as thine own orange flower, O Damascus, the pearl of the East!".”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Innocents Abroad
“For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest content with what she had, but she knew an emptiness deep inside her, which began to ache.”
― Iain Pears, quote from The Dream of Scipio
“MarkBaynard: [...] When you wrote yr 1st book, did U ever dream it was going to be welcomed by the world w/open arms?
Abby_Donovan: I didn't write it for the world. I wrote it for me.
MarkBaynard: Then that's what you need to do again. Write yourself another book.
Abby_Donovan: But I know in my heart I'll never write anything as good as that book.
MarkBaynard: [...] It doesn't matter what you write as long as you stop beating yourself up about not writing and start writing.”
― Teresa Medeiros, quote from Goodnight Tweetheart
“Life is like--like one of those hobby-horses you ride at a fair--round and round you go enjoying every moment and then the--then the music stops...”
― Winston Graham, quote from The Angry Tide
“When, when will the state finally recognize that it has no higher duty than to safeguard the happiness of the millions of ordinary people? When finally will the state forget about the ideals that ignore the needs of simple everyday life? And when will it understand that a small step, however difficult it may be, taken in the direction of peace for the individual, as for nations, is greater than victory in battle?”
― quote from The White Rose
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My Lady Jane
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