The Lamplighters

by Emma Stonex

It does get easier, though. Time gives you a bit of distance where you can look back at whatever’s happened to you and not feel all the feelings you once had; those feelings have calmed down and they’re not at the forefront of your mind in the way they are at the beginning.

But people deal with things how they want. You can’t say how someone should grieve; it’s very personal and private.

It’s the small things that keep a marriage going: things that don’t cost a lot but that tell the other person you love them and don’t ask for anything in return.

It’s a shame for a person, when they’ve had a difficult start in life, and they can never get out from under because people always think the worst of them.

you trust God, you should be broadminded about the possibilities in His universe.

Lighthouse worlds are small. Slow. That’s what other people can’t do: they can’t do things slowly and with meaning.