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41 " For when you love, you stand to lose so much. But I think you stand to lose far more when your heart is closed. That is no life. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Forest of Vanishing Stars
42 " But the forest knew no difference when it came to race, religion, or gender; it smiled and frowned upon all of them in equal measure, "
43 " I would tell you that the things we do in life can be mistakes, but the road we find ourselves on never is. "
― Kristin Harmel , When We Meet Again
44 " Our greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in getting up each time we fail. "
45 " She hadn't realized that once one opened the door to one's heart, it was impossible to fully close it again. "
46 " I used to think that memories were less painful when you held them close. I think perhaps that isn't true though. Now I think pain loses its power when we share it. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Book of Lost Names
47 " One must never question God, Jerusza had always told her. It is our job on earth only to seek to understand him, never to doubt his will. "
48 " Lives are circles spinning across the world, and when they’re meant to intersect again, they do. There’s nothing we can do to stop it. "
49 " You know, I truly believe adoption is one of the greatest unheralded blessings in the world," she continues, her expression turning earnest. "Think how beautiful it is to give a child a home and to become a family because you choose to! Maybe that's the best way to make a family, don't you think? "
― Kristin Harmel , The Life Intended
50 " So you can't compare the present with the past, not really, because you're a different person than you were [when Patrick was alive]. You have to look forward to the things you want, not back at the things you once had. "
51 " sometimes, we only discover our calling in life when things are darkest. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Room on Rue Amelie
52 " It is not your fault. Sometimes all the love in the world can’t protect a person against his fate. "
53 " Home is not a place but the people you choose to love. "
54 " those “who realize that books are magic… will have the brightest lives. "
55 " My room is lined with books, most of them stacked in precarious piles on the bowing bookshelves Louis assembled years ago. They are filled with other people’s stories, and I’ve spent my life disappearing into them. Sometimes, when the nights are dark and silent and I’m alone, I wonder if I would have survived without the escape their pages offered me from reality. Then again, perhaps they just gave me an excuse to duck out of my own life. "
56 " «Chérie, guardo scomparire le stelle», spiegò dopo un minuto.«Perché?» domando io.«Perché anche se non riesci a vederle sono sempre là» disse. «Si stanno solo nascondendo dietro il sole.»«E con questo?» replicai timidamente io.Lei mi lasciò andare e si chinò per guardarmi negli occhi. «Tesoro mio, è bello rammentare che non sempre hai bisogno di vedere qualcosa per sapere che c'è.» "
― Kristin Harmel
57 " You can only do your part. You can do your best to strike a match in the darkness, to light the way. God is with you, always, and he sees what’s in your heart. "
58 " Perhaps that was what it was like to love someone deeply: to feel that no matter how many moments together you were granted, there would never be enough. "
59 " Nessuno ha la vita che si aspettava, ma è il modo in cui ci si adatta alle difficoltà a determinare se si è felici o no. "
60 " Il semplice fatto che l'amore esista non significa che io sia capace di provarlo. "