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1 " But really, aren't there bits of magic everywhere we look?' Dr. Clifton continues. 'We've just stopped seeing it that way. "
― Emily Bain Murphy , The Disappearances
2 " You can't search for the truth with integrity if you're only looking to find the kind that benefits you. "
3 " Know that wherever I am, it is always farther than I wish to be from you, and that you are never beyond the reach of my thoughts. "
4 " may your dreams be filled with stars and not with shadows, "
5 " And I think that for the rest of my life I will never forget this night—when under an empty ink sky, a boy who shone brighter than the stars stopped long enough to smile at me. "
6 " You can’t search for the truth with integrity if you’re only looking to find the kind that benefits you. "
7 " I take a sip of coffee, surprised at how much I like its bitterness. And how sleep, a little sun, and a real breakfast can make everything seem infinitely better than it was yesterday. "
8 " But what is love if not life, siphoned out and given away and spent freely for others each day? "
― Emily Bain Murphy , Splinters of Scarlet
9 " I wonder, my heart closing up like a night flower, exactly how many minutes of separation it takes to turn someone you love into a stranger. "
10 " That ship has sailed, honey. Now you can either drown or hitch a ride on the next one. "
11 " But it unsettles me all the same: how the familiar can warp into something I no longer recognize in the space between one breath and the next. "
12 " I'm learning that I'm actually quite good at hiding things.I am my mother's daughter, after all. "
13 " It is an abomination to put a price on the few things in life that are the free right of every human being. "
14 " Forming friendships, I suppose, is a little like walking on ice that thickens underneath your feet with every step toward each other. "
15 " And I think that for the rest of my life I will never forget this night--when under an empty ink sky, a boy who shone brighter than the stars stopped long enough to smile at me "
16 " Sometimes the biggest decisions you make come by doing absolutely nothing. "
