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It is the suffering of love. Every parent feels it. It is the suffering of being unable to shield or save. It is not love if it doesn’t hurt.”
“The pain. It’s worth it. The more you love, the more it hurts. But it’s worth it. It’s the only thing that is.”
“Put your energy into rising above the things you can’t change, Naomi. Keep your mind right. And everything will work out for the best.”
That’s what hope feels like: the best air you’ve ever breathed after the worst fall you’ve ever taken. It hurts.
He says it’s easier to blame the Indians than it is to believe ill of your own,
“The hardest thing about life is knowing what matters and what doesn’t,” Winifred muses. “If nothing matters, then there’s no point. If everything matters, there’s no purpose. The trick is to find firm ground between the two ways of being.”
The pain. It’s worth it. The more you love, the more it hurts. But it’s worth it. It’s the only thing that is.
“That’s what marriage is. It’s shelter. It’s sustenance. It’s warmth. It’s finding rest in each other. It’s telling someone, You matter most.
There’s good and bad in all kinds of people. Indians and emigrants alike.
recognizing that who we are is not who they were, and judging historical people by today’s standards prevents us from learning from them, from their mistakes and their triumphs. These people helped build the framework that we now stand on. We should be careful about burning it down.
