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I am nothing but bagpipes and sad violins.
“The right words are easy when they come from an unselfish place.
“There’s nothing beautiful about pain and suffering. Anyone who thinks otherwise never truly experienced it.”
It’s when we have nothing left to lose that we truly know suffering.
I can swim.
Finality has a particular way of making you see every small, precious thing. It opens your eyes with a newfound appreciation for everything that is present and tangible.
“We are not responsible for the choices that others make. It’s human condition to latch onto the whys and what ifs because that gives us power when we feel like we have none. But we’re looking for power in the wrong place,” she explains. “The power is not in the past—it’s in the present. It’s in how we choose to move forward, and how we can mold our grief into something useful. Something beautiful.”
“The loudest love is wordless.”
“Living things thrive on other living things.
