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“Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have.”
― Outlander
― Outlander
“What you have lost will not be returned to you; it always be lost. You’re left with only your scars to mark the void. All you can choose to do is go on, or not. But if you go on, it’s knowing you carry your scars with you.”
― Cold Mountain
― Cold Mountain
“There are no safe choices. Only other choices.”
― A Great and Terrible Beauty
― A Great and Terrible Beauty
“Oh, Claire, ye do break my heart wi' loving you.”
― Dragonfly in Amber
― Dragonfly in Amber
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