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when I learned how far he surpassed me in the things that really matter, only then would I become the person I ought to have been from the start.
“But you have a choice to make, about how large his influence will be on your life.”
One day, I might have a daughter, too, who might sit and watch her father from the stairs, learning about patience and craft, enjoying their quiet bond.
Because you never quite notice as it’s happening when a door in your life is opening, but sometimes, later you can look back and think: then.
There is glory in victory, but it can be solemn, too, aware that all sides experienced the pain.
the melancholy of leaving a city by train, seeing its back-lot debris as if to say this place was never what you thought, never as pretty or kind.
“All I know is I want my husband home, and a chance to have a future with him. That’s my definition of victory.”
May the war end before their youth does,
“Any life that doesn’t work for one of us isn’t working for both of us.”
Whatever you love, no matter how fiercely, you will lose it one day. That is the only certainty. Therefore be as kind as you can. Don’t fear your mistakes, as long as you learn humility from them. There is no such thing as perfect pitch.
