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“She realised that you could be as honest as possible in life, but people only see the truth if it is close enough to their reality.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Sometimes just to say your own truth out loud is enough to find others like you.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“To be part of nature was to be part of the will to live.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“We do need to go home from time to time, but only to remind us why we left in the first place, so we can get clear on what we do want.”
― Barbara Davis, The Last of the Moon Girls

“Sometimes regrets aren't based on fact at all. Sometimes regrets are just... a load of bullshit.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“The only way to learn is to live.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“To be a human was to continually dumb the world down into an understandable story that keeps things simple.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“For the women . . . Healers of hearts, Workers of light, Makers of magick.”
― Barbara Davis, The Last of the Moon Girls

“Never underestimate the big importance of small things”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“And that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can’t have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“You see, doing one thing differently is very often the same as doing everything differently.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“So long as there are still books on the shelves, you are never trapped. Every book is a potential escape.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“There's nothing on earth quite so cruel as a child who's discovered someone is uncomfortable in her skn.”
― Barbara Davis

“She had known instinctively that fragrance was its own kind of medicine, that its natural abilities to elevate mood and evoke emotion could be enormously effective in restoring a sense of well-being.”
― Barbara Davis, The Last of the Moon Girls

“it is never a kindness to allow a lie to stand, however hard the pursuit of the truth may be. In the end, light is the only thing that has ever chased away darkness—the only thing that ever will. Seek truth in all things,”
― Barbara Davis, The Last of the Moon Girls

“I looked at his face. In it I could see his young face too. It was the face I'd looked at throughout my entire young life.”
― Mary Jones, Volume 0: Issue One

“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.”
― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God