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The Width of the World
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David Baldacci5,962 ratings, 4.08 average rating, 315 reviews
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“I had to do something. Anything that would make me feel like I was accomplishing something.
To make me feel that I was not a failure.”
― The Width of the World
To make me feel that I was not a failure.”
― The Width of the World
“There are times in everyone's life when loss strikes.
When one's heart breaks.
And there are times when you truly feel as though you have no heart left, so shattered is it.”
― The Width of the World
When one's heart breaks.
And there are times when you truly feel as though you have no heart left, so shattered is it.”
― The Width of the World
“I had to so something. Anything that would make me feel like I was accomplishing something.
To make me feel that I was not a failure.”
― The Width of the World
To make me feel that I was not a failure.”
― The Width of the World
“Everyone has a different lot in life. This is yours. What they have is theirs.”
― The Width of the World
― The Width of the World
“-"Regrets? What exactly does that mean? We all have regrets."
"Indeed we do. But some are far greater than others. And if they are powerful enough, they can consume you completely.”
― The Width of the World
"Indeed we do. But some are far greater than others. And if they are powerful enough, they can consume you completely.”
― The Width of the World
“I had been wonderful, it was true, but there had been images associated with the feeling. I wanted to try to remember what they were.
A hand was reaching down from what looked to be the sky. In it was something truly bedazzling. I focused even more. In the palm of the hand was... me! I was smiling and felt as light as air. I had never felt so perfect and happy and just beautiful. The possibilities were truly limitless. I could accomplish anything. And what I wanted to accomplish was... Here the images darkened a bit, but that didn't detract from my happiness in the slightest. I was just sure that whatever my desires turned out to be, I would be perfectly satisfied. I had very brief vision of myself baking bread. And then I was on my hands and knees washing the cobbles. The next instant I was sweeping the floor.
And then my features relaxed.
They weren't my desires.
They were the desires that someone else was telling me were my own.”
― The Width of the World
A hand was reaching down from what looked to be the sky. In it was something truly bedazzling. I focused even more. In the palm of the hand was... me! I was smiling and felt as light as air. I had never felt so perfect and happy and just beautiful. The possibilities were truly limitless. I could accomplish anything. And what I wanted to accomplish was... Here the images darkened a bit, but that didn't detract from my happiness in the slightest. I was just sure that whatever my desires turned out to be, I would be perfectly satisfied. I had very brief vision of myself baking bread. And then I was on my hands and knees washing the cobbles. The next instant I was sweeping the floor.
And then my features relaxed.
They weren't my desires.
They were the desires that someone else was telling me were my own.”
― The Width of the World
“These were the moments in my life where clear choices could be made. Do it or don't do it. Often, the decision was difficult.”
― The Width of the World
― The Width of the World
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” — J. R. R. Tolkien”
― The Width of the World
― The Width of the World
