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Hope could let you down; that was the risk of the whole enterprise. But when it delivered on its promise, there was no more glorious feeling in the world—you hadn’t been a fool after all to believe that things might work out in your favor.
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A conversation at rest will always stay at rest.
It was, of course, impossible to browbeat someone into becoming a different person, but that was a reality neither of them seemed willing to accept.
Once upon a time, Cora thought that the best part of a relationship was all the new things you could do or try with another person; now she’s coming to believe that it’s even better when you can do everything you already enjoy but with someone next to you.
If you don’t judge, you don’t love;
“Looks like you found your happy place. Everyone needs one of those, somewhere that makes you feel big and small at the same time, far away and close to yourself, and like you can breathe better there than you can anywhere else.”
No emotion has a shorter shelf life than awe—as impossible to force as it is to maintain.
I don’t want to spend any more time wondering what could have been,
Because we could find out.
Having certain dreams come true can make you believe you deserve the credit for your happiness, that you yourself can be more powerful a force than fate or luck.
