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“Any time she was in the room, it was like the whole place was bathed in her light.”
“But what I did know was that I loved a girl. And I knew I loved her in a way I’d never, ever recover from. I knew I loved her to the very depths of my soul. And I knew she loved me the same.”
“I also know what it feels like to lose her. I know what it feels like to have a piece of your heart missing.”
“It’s not. It’s not a choice for me either. For me, it will always be you.”
It was difficult to wish something away that had resulted in joy. Sometimes it seemed so much of the beauty in life resulted from the ugly. And how did you make sense of such things? How could you be thankful for an outcome that had sprung from suffering? Or maybe…maybe that the very thing that defined real beauty—light after darkness. A transformative miracle right here on earth.
we have to figure out how to forgive, not for the people who wronged us but for us. We can’t keep bitterness attached to our hearts because eventually, it might become part of us—so deeply ingrained we can’t work it back out. I believe with all my heart we have to focus on the beauty we’ve been given in this life and make that the thing that defines us. Because people defined by bitterness end up destroying themselves from the inside out, and eventually they destroy everyone who tries to love them too.
