“And maybe that’s a good thing now. But don’t second guess yourself, Blue. That’s rule number one. There’s not a damn thing we can ever go back and change no matter how badly …” His voice caught in his throat, so he tried again. “No matter
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“What shapes us is not always our achievements but our omissions. Not lies; simply the truths we don’t tell.”
― The Chalk Man
― The Chalk Man
“There are some things in life you can alter—your weight, your appearance, even your name—but there are others that wishing and trying and working hard can never make any difference to. Those things are the ones that shape us. Not the things we can change, but the ones we can’t.”
― The Chalk Man
― The Chalk Man
“This is why not giving a fuck is so key. This is why it’s going to save the world. And it’s going to save it by accepting that the world is totally fucked and that’s all right, because it’s always been that way, and always will be.”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“Life was a freight train barreling toward just one stop, our loved ones streaking past our windows in blurs of color and light. There was no holding on to any of it, and no slowing it down.”
― Night Film
― Night Film
“Adults were scared of different things: their jobs, their mortgages, whether they hung out with the “right people,” whether they would die unloved. These were pallid compared to the fears of a child—leering clowns under the bed and slimy monsters capering beyond the basement’s light and faceless sucking horrors from beyond the stars. There’s no 12-step or self-help group for dealing with those fears.”
― The Troop
― The Troop
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