“Stories make sense when so much around us is senseless, and perhaps what makes them most comforting is that while life goes on and pain goes on, stories do us the favor of ending.”
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“In a way, the books were protection.
An escape she would always have access to.
A sanctuary, there for when she needed it.”
― From Under the Mountain
An escape she would always have access to.
A sanctuary, there for when she needed it.”
― From Under the Mountain
“I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings
“The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“It was easy enough to kill yourself in a fit of despair. It was easy enough to play the martyr. It was harder to do nothing. To endure your life. To wait.”
― Fear of Flying
― Fear of Flying
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