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1 " Life’s a battle all the way, even if all you’re fighting is yourself. And it’s one you can win. "
― Rosalind James , Just Say (Hell) No (Escape to New Zealand #11)
2 " It doesn’t kill you, sadness. It won’t be the only sadness. Just the first one. "
3 " She puffed her way up the final incline, which felt more like a mountain, tried to tell herself, Gorgeous sea view, and failed. Maybe it was the black spots that were swimming in her vision. "
4 " You’re a woman who’s always going to need the stars,” he said, “and I want to help you get them. "
5 " Fly as high as you like. Just come back to me. "
6 " You’ve painted two of my rooms already,” he went on. “Got your art on the walls, got your makeup on the shelf and your toothbrush next to mine. And I’ve got you in my heart, too. You’re what home is to me. When I head out the next time, and every time—I need you there to come home to, and I want to be that for you as well. I want to be your solid place, your strong place. I want you to know, whatever happens, that you won’t be alone. "
7 " We are only visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love, and then we return home. "
8 " Stay small. No man is a big fella. The world is the big thing. "
9 " I may not know what color you are,” he told her, falling into those mermaid eyes and happy to go, “but I know it’s beautiful. "
10 " Remember that the way you look at life will be etched into your soul as you grow old the same way it’s etched into your face, so take care how you look at it. "
11 " That was when the kitten decided to go for territory unknown. She climbed straight up the side of his head, perched on top of it, her needle-sharp claws digging into his scalp, and let out her first meow. She’d climbed the mountain, so she roared. "
12 " leave the practice, not during breeding "
