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Some stories begin at the beginning and others begin at the end, but all the best stories begin in a library.
she had forgotten this is what happened, that things ended when you least expected them to, that you could not protect those you loved from nature and fate.
“It will make a mess of things and your life will never be the same, but it will happen. No one is immune.”
Life was like a book, Jet thought, but one you would never finish. You would never know how people would wind up; the good often suffered and the wicked prospered and there was no explanation for the way in which fate was meted out as there was in novels.
Life all happened so quickly; people tell you it will, but you won’t believe it until it happens to you. Cry all you want, being young will slip through your hands and you will be left standing there, you who were once so young, not recognizing yourself or your life.
you must be yourself no matter what; anything else was a lie, and a denial of who you were would always cause grief. What you put out into the world came back to you threefold. If you could not accept yourself, you would be reviled and cast out, adrift in the world.
There are some things you have only once in a lifetime, and then only if you’re lucky.
Words were everything, stories were more powerful than any weapon, books changed lives.
Know what you want, and be sure of it, for regret gives birth to more regret and nothing more.
Without courage, you will never find the answer.
I love you was always answered by I love you more.
“Love does as it pleases. It can’t be controlled.”
This was in the days when people more often hid their sexual nature. It was easy to do, if you didn’t mind breaking your own heart.
She had a perfectly good life and yet she wanted more.
What you wind up regretting aren’t the things you do, it’s what you don’t do that you will never forgive yourself for.
Just look at us, Franny, we lived for love.”
Love was inside every story. Love lost and love found, red love that stained your heart, the darkest love that twisted into despair or revenge, love everlasting, love that was true. You carried love with you wherever you went.
Sometimes you don’t know how lucky you are until the time has passed you by.
Read as many books as you can. Choose courage over caution. Take time to visit libraries. Look for light in the darkness. Have faith in yourself. Know that love is what matters most.
