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41 " We all want to have a happy ending. A lot of times in life, sometimes you do and sometimes it feels like you don’t. But you could argue if it is not a happy ending yet, maybe you are just in the middle of your story. "
― Camron Wright
42 " Chellamuthu expected to feel heroic by helping Anu recover. Instead it was just hard work. Perhaps this was a secret that heroes don’t share: Courage comes from doing common things. "
― Camron Wright , The Orphan Keeper
43 " In almost every story, the fiercest battles often take place within. "
― Camron Wright , The Rent Collector
44 " Life will not always be so hard or cruel. Our difficulties are but a moment. "
45 " At times I think I can hear my brain screaming, "I am reading here, so please, all other body parts, do your best to keep up! "
46 " I leave the bridge in peace; we part as friends. I take so much of her with me and leave so much of myself behind. I think that's what life must be about-- helping others, leaving pieces of us with them, in return fitting borrowed pieces from them into our own voids, each person helping others along the way. "
― Camron Wright , The Other Side of the Bridge
47 " my only journey of concern was to be like the sun, to make it through the day offering as much light and warmth and consistency for others as I could—one single day. Each day. "
48 " Perhaps there are times He trusts us enough to move forward without giving us every little answer. "
49 " Vasudhaiva kutumbakam,’ which means ‘The whole world is a family. "
50 " Colonel Moore once asked me if I was prepared to die, and, in looking back, I was. What I wasn't properly prepared for was to live- "
― Camron Wright , In Times of Rain and War
51 " People only go to the places they have visited first in their minds," she says, uttering the phrase as if secrets to the universe have just been shared. "Perhaps that is how learning can help you. However, first you must see it, feel it, and then believe it. When you do, where it takes you may surprise. "
52 " We can’t claim heaven as our own if we are just going to sit under it. "
53 " Our trials, our troubles, our demons, our angels—we reenact them because these stories explain our lives. Literature's lessons repeat because they echo from deeper places. They touch a chord in our soul because they're notes we've already heard played. Plots repeat because, from the birth of man, they explore the reasons for our being. Stories teach us to not give up hope because there are times in our own journey when we mustn't give up hope. They teach endurance because in our lives we are meant to endure. They carry messages that are older than the words themselves, messages that reach beyond the page. "
54 " Parents are strange and wonderful creatures. When you're small they seem bright, shiny, and invincible. As you grow, that image starts to fade. It's a sobering moment, but the time will come when you realize they are not the heroes you imagined. They are just people struggling to do the best they can, just the same as you are.You will feel let down, betrayed, even ashamed. This is the time,...when you need to forgive your parents for being human. "
― Camron Wright , Letters for Emily
55 " you’ve spent so much of your life in emotional survival mode. Of course you have a hole. Anyone would. We all live with holes of some kind or another, and we spend our lives trying to fill them—so quit fighting it. "
56 " My name is Chellamuthu,” he said. “I want you to know that once upon a time in India, I rode with my father on a bus in a box.” The children, having no clue what he was saying, began to giggle. He continued anyway. “I was surrounded by people—talking, laughing, and joking—like today, and nobody at all knew that I was even there or what I wanted to say. "
57 " He has dark skin,” she said to Rux, jumping right to her point, “because God is an astounding artist, and like you, he loves to paint with many different colors. "
58 " While almost everything that surrounds us in life gets old and wears out, stories, like our very souls, don’t age. "
59 " Everyone holds secrets that need protecting. "
60 " When God works in our lives, those without faith like to call it chance. Those who believe call it a miracle. I don’t know where you land on that scale, but I’m suggesting God is not as distant as you may believe. "