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True love like this asks lovers to cast aside what is meant to be and work with what is.
he did not mean their love because she knew there was hardship in this true love and endurance and reward and failure and renewal and, finally, death, but never regret.
Australian childhoods are so idyllic and joyous, so filled with beach visits and backyard games of cricket, that Australian adulthoods can’t possibly meet our childhood expectations.
we live in the greatest country on earth but we’re actually all miserable deep down inside
Do your time before it does you.
Don’t you ever be ashamed of crying. You cry because you give a shit. Don’t ever be ashamed of giving a shit. Too many people in this world are too scared to cry because they’re too scared to give a shit.’
‘It’ll get good, mate. It’ll get so good you’ll forget it was even bad.’
And that’s like all men, kid. We all got a bit o’ good and a bit o’ bad in us. The tricky part is learnin’ how to be good all the time and bad none of the time. Some of us get that right. Most of us don’t.’
‘Most things people say don’t need to be said,’
trauma and the effects of trauma can change the way people think. Sometimes it can make us believe things that are not true. Sometimes it can alter the way we look at the world. Sometimes it can make us do things we normally would not do.’
Maybe we’d all be much more effective communicators if we all shut up more.
the whole point of life is doing things that are right over things that are easy. Because you want to feel good about yourself,
‘What is for you will not pass you by,’
