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She never thought about heaven. But all endings are also beginnings. And heaven is always thinking about us.
But a life had been exchanged for a life. And heaven is always watching.
No story sits by itself. Our lives connect like threads on a loom, interwoven in ways we never realize.
The tale of your life is written second by second, as shifting as the flip of a pencil to an eraser.
“But the five people you meet first are chosen for a reason. They affected you in some way on earth. Maybe you knew them. Maybe you didn’t.” “If I didn’t know them, how could they affect me?”
“Have you ever considered how many living things there are on earth?” Cleo asked. “People. Animals. Birds. Fish. Trees. It makes you wonder how anyone could feel lonely. Yet humans do. It’s a shame.”
“We fear loneliness, Annie, but loneliness itself does not exist. It has no form. It is merely a shadow that falls over us. And just as shadows die when light changes, that sad feeling can depart once we see the truth.” “What’s the truth?” Annie asked. “That the end of loneliness is when someone needs you.” The old woman smiled. “And the world is so full of need.”
“No act done for someone else is ever wasted.”
Children begin by needing their parents. Over time, they reject them. Eventually, they become them.
But just because you have silenced a memory does not mean you are free of it.
Love is not revenge. It can’t be thrown like a rock. And you can’t create it to fix your problems. Forcing love is like picking a flower then insisting that it grow.”
We are blinded by our regrets, Annie. We don’t realize who else we punish while we’re punishing ourselves.”
“What’s time between a mother and her daughter? Never too much, never enough.”
we embrace our scars more than our healing,” Lorraine said. “We can recall the exact day we got hurt, but who remembers the day the wound was gone?
“You’re not getting it,” Eddie gently replied. “I needed to save you. It let me make up for the life I took. “That’s how salvation works. The wrongs we do open doors to do right.”
Love comes when you least expect it. Love comes when you most need it. Love comes when you are ready to receive it or can no longer deny it.
if you truly love someone, you’ll find a way back.”
“You lose something every day you live, Annie. Sometimes it’s as tiny as the breath you just expelled, sometimes it’s so big you think you won’t survive it.”
“This is the heart we die with. After the people we love. After all our losses. It’s bigger, you see?” “But it’s broken,” Annie said. “Yes.” “That’s what ruins it.” Paulo pushed the heart to Annie’s chest. “No. That’s what makes it whole.”
