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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“Remember, love that doesn't include honesty doesn't deserve to be called love.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“...we often mistake love for fireworks - for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It's boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm - and constant.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“It’s important to remember that none of us is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. All we can do is try to be the best version of ourselves as we move forward. In this case, if he asks, you can tell the truth, or you can lie. I suppose it comes down to the kind of person you want to see when you look in the mirror.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Wish

“Destiny could also be a choice, she realized. To believe or not, to be vulnerable or not, to go all in or not.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“You had to be a go‑getter in your twenties more than any other time, where being a go‑getter meant building a safe career as quickly as possible or die trying.”
― Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile

“Time passes, people leave, we become alone again. If we don't accept that fact, memory erodes the present and exhausts the mind until it ages us and ails us.”
― Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“All you have to do is act like you’re normal and okay, and people start treating you that way.”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

“I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what makes you happy,but it's not really like that, you know? It's not that simple.”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

“But I wasn’t crying because I was sad. I guess I was crying because we had nowhere else to go, no choice but to go on living in this world. Crying because we had no other world to choose, and crying at everything before us, everything around us.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

“I cannot survive without reading.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames

“She would not be mastered by anything again. She was the master of herself.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“I think it’s usually better to face the world as it is. The more we try to hide from something, the more power we give it.”
― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material

“In any case, I wasn’t prepared for the truth of you.”
― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material

“It is true. You should never let anyone tell you it is wrong to be how you are.”
― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material

“It's just easier to push people away than watch them leave”
― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material

“if you tried and didn't end up where you wanted to go that's still progress”
― Rupi Kaur, Healing Through Words

“missing someone who is still here,”
― Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

“Almost all grown adults walk around full of regret over a good-bye they wish they’d been able to go back and say better.”
― Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

“The only time you've failed is if you don't try once more.”
― Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“This is the part in the story where someone I love would only appear again in flashbacks.”
― Lang Leav, Others Were Emeralds

“It happens like this.

"One day you meet someone and for some inexplicable reason, you feel more connected to this stranger than anyone else--closer to them than your closest family. Perhaps this person carries within them an angel--one sent to you for some higher purpose; to teach you an important lesson or to keep you safe during a perilous time. What you must do is trust in them--even if they come hand in hand with pain or suffering--the reason for their presence will become clear in due time."

Though here is a word of warning--you may grow to love this person but remember they are not yours to keep. Their purpose isn't to save you but to show you how to save yourself. And once this is fulfilled; the halo lifts and the angel leaves their body as the person exits your life. They will be a stranger to you once more.

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It's so dark right now, I can't see any light around me.
That's because the light is coming from you. You can't see it but everyone else can.”
― Lang Leav, Love & Misadventure