“I’m not trying to hide from the truth but to balance it, to remind myself that there are other truths, too. I need to remember that the earth, fragile as it is, remains heartbreakingly beautiful. I need to give my attention to a realm that is indifferent to fretful human mutterings and naked human anger, a world unaware of the hatred
and distrust taking over the news.”
― The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
and distrust taking over the news.”
― The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
“Turn your face up to the sky. Listen. The world is trembling into possibility. The world is reminding us that this is what the world does best. New life. Rebirth. The greenness that rises out of ashes.”
― The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
― The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
“That was the problem with love. It was hard to unlearn, no matter how harsh the lesson.”
― Hell Bent
― Hell Bent
“She read paperbacks too, one after the next like she was chain-smoking—romance, science fiction, old pulp fantasy. All she wanted to do was sit, unbothered in a circle of lamplight, and live someone else’s life.”
― Hell Bent
― Hell Bent
“There was still beauty in this world, even if some days it took every bit of strength and obstinacy to find it.”
― The Giver of Stars
― The Giver of Stars
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