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1 " Think about it this way--our actions speak truth our words cannot. "
― , I'll Be Seeing You
2 " Tonight started innocently enough. Most terrible things do, right? "
3 " Silence is a powerful tool. "
4 " We're all so multifaceted, and it's impossible to see all the sides at once. "
5 " We don't need to have the answers. We'll never have them. They'll come and go and change. And all we can do is figure out the best way to behave when life comes at us. Even if society says it isn't right. Right is so subjective, after all. "
6 " It occurred to me that grief is like a tunnel. You enter it without a choice because you must get to the other side. The darkness of it plays tricks on you and sometimes you can even forget where you are or what your purpose is. I believe that people, now and again, get lost or stuck in that tunnel and never find their way out. "
― , Empire Girls
7 " New ideas leave the old ones shaking in their shoes, don't they? "
8 " If I shut everything else out and filled the room with memories, the past could become the present, and I could live there, with him. I would never leave. "
9 " Father and Ivy used to go off on their excursions, never knowing that I was relieved when they were gone. That I'd wear my nightgowns all day and read from dawn till dusk. "
10 " Did if feel like jumping off a cliff when he kissed you? I imagine it did. "
11 " When you put your whole heart in something you risk just that. Your whole heart. It's a high roller's type of gamble. I can tell by your letters that you love with your whole heart. "
12 " When you feel weak in spirit, think about the agreements you made with yourself about how to live an honourable life. We all have them, but unfortunately the contracts are often written in invisible ink when they should be signed in blood. "
13 " We are always waiting, aren't we? All in a state of hesitation and held breath. Sometimes it's glorious like a storm at the end of a hot day. "
14 " It's good of you to teach the child. A woman needs to be as independent as she can be ore else the world will use her skirts as handkerchiefs and then toss her in the garbage. "
15 " She'd come running up the driveway and into the kitchen, bringing the spring morning behind her like a trail of hope. "
16 " out?” “Well...” What felt like real juice "
17 " Sometimes the parts of us that we don’t like are useful. "
18 " If I'm in this war, too, then I should be upset. You know I'm not the type to think collecting bacon grease and scrap metal will keep anyone from dying. How about you give me the words so you don't have to hold them in? It's the least I can do. "
19 " Did you ever catch a glimpse of what you could be, if you really tried at life? "
20 " There is no reason for him to be in a strange land, the grim reaper holding him close, saying, "Yes, today is the day," or "No, not yet. "