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“Indeed. Since this is the will of God, He provides us with the necessary tools: the energy required for hard work, the industriousness, the persistence, and . . .”—here he looked at me for a long moment before continuing—“and therefore He
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“heal the roots, to see the tree grow vibrant.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“In my time, love often followed trends, yet greater love grows through it all.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“I have never had a feeling of belonging to any group of people. Yet here I was in rural Maine and what had just come to me was an understanding, I think that is the only way I can put it, of these people in their houses, these few houses we passed by. It was an odd thing, but it was real, for a few moments I felt this: that I understood where I was. And even, also, that I loved the people we did not see who inhabited the few houses and who had their trucks in the front of these houses. This is what I almost felt. This is what I felt.”
― Oh William!
― Oh William!
“Life is free, food grows on trees.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“Lily’s thoughts on grief:
“Grief is a sea made of your own tears. Salty swells cover the dark depths you must swim at your own pace. It takes time to build stamina. Some days, my arms sliced through the water, and I felt things would be okay, the shore wasn’t so far off. Then one memory, one moment would nearly drown me, and I’d be back to the beginning, fighting to stay above the waves, exhausted, sinking in my own sorrow.”
― The Paris Library
“Grief is a sea made of your own tears. Salty swells cover the dark depths you must swim at your own pace. It takes time to build stamina. Some days, my arms sliced through the water, and I felt things would be okay, the shore wasn’t so far off. Then one memory, one moment would nearly drown me, and I’d be back to the beginning, fighting to stay above the waves, exhausted, sinking in my own sorrow.”
― The Paris Library
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