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In the Waning Light In the Waning Light by Loreth Anne White
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“Home” is simply a name, a word, but it’s a strong one; stronger than any magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“the”
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“the question is not whether you are in danger, it’s whether you choose to worry about it. It’s like swimming in the sea where there are sharks. You know they’re there, but your choice is whether you allow your fear of them to stop you from ever going in. Sure, you take precautions, and you don’t swim when there’s a sighting, but you also don’t let it stop you from reaching your goal, or the shore on the other side.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“Charles Dickens once said that “Home” is simply a name, a word, but it’s a strong one; stronger than any magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. And when I saw Blake again after we thought he’d died, as I held his son’s hand in that hospital room, I finally understood how, sometimes, “Home” is not a place. It’s a person . . .”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“I’ll let you know when we’re done.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“have”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“I will tell you is that it doesn’t get easier over time. It just gets different. And it’s never the same for anyone. Each one of us grieves in their own way, and the hurt can sneak up on you at funny times.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“we create the idea of monsters in order to externalize the bad that potentially lurks within us all, and we call this monster a devil, or beast, so we can examine it objectively, without having to see the beast in our own eyes when we look into the mirror.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“It’s never easy, Noah. Loss. But with love, and time, it starts to become a little more manageable, and you can see more of the bright things in life.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“When you relinquished life, you relinquished your own story, the ability to tell it, shape it the way you wanted the world to see it.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“acceptance is at the heart of love. Differences are what make the world a wonderful place.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“The thing about love, Blake mused, watching his brother, is that it came in so many colors, so many guises, and it could hold both small and enormous power. It could move one to do extraordinary things”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“what we remember depends upon what we believe—the human mind is not an objective recorder of information .”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“Do you believe in evil, Meg? As a force external to man?” “Like the devil?” “Yes. Or a force that can inhabit people. Turn them into monsters.” “It’s an interesting question. Mostly I take the Jungian view that we create the idea of monsters in order to externalize the bad that potentially lurks within us all, and we call this monster a devil, or beast, so we can examine it objectively, without having to see the beast in our own eyes when we look into the mirror.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“the human mind is not an objective recorder of information . . .”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“was hardwired into him. And”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“About serving your country. You’re a hero—people all over the nation, and right here in Shelter Bay, can sleep safe in their houses because the enemies are being kept at bay.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“Nothing could hold back time or tide, or weather, or what was going to come out of this now . . .”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“eyes.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“what we remember depends upon what we believe—the human mind is not an objective recorder of information . . .” ~ MJ Brogan, Sins Not Forgotten”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“She’s”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“But her so-called self-indulgence, her cutting everyone out of her life, had been an act of survival, not the act of a victim. It took courage. Not cowardice.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“But her so-called self-indulgence, her cutting everyone out of her life, had been an act of survival, not the act of a victim.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light
“prisoner there.”
Loreth Anne White, In the Waning Light