He pinched the bridge of his nose. “Why can’t you take people helping you?” “Because I know that they can throw it in your face down the road.” “Have you honestly been burned that bad?” I swallowed hard, and my silence was his answer.
“I know now what matters, and it is not what I have lost. It is my memories. Wounds heal. Love lasts. We remain.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“You’re not alone, and you’re not the one in charge,” Mother said gently. “Ask for help when you need it, and give help when you can. I think that is how we serve God—and each other and ourselves—in times as dark as these.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time.”
― The Yellow Wallpaper
― The Yellow Wallpaper
“Some people stay broken. Some pick up the pieces and put them back together with all the sharp edges showing.”
― The Butterfly Garden
― The Butterfly Garden
“I want to feel that again. I want to remember what it feels like to love someone like that. And not just anyone. I want to know what it feels like to love Charlie.”
― Never Never
― Never Never
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