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1 " Those are exactly the kind of memories I try to avoid, but they're like abestos: invisible and deadly. You need special gear to get rid of them. "
― Kristin Hannah , Comfort & Joy
2 " Stacey: "I'm surprised you haven't thrown me out."Comfort: "At your current weight, I'd need some sort of catapult. "
3 " You can run away from your life and your past, but there's no way to distance yourself from your own heart. "
4 " In sleep, I dream about the Comfort Lodge and Daniel "
5 " You see things and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were And say, ‘Why not?’” —George Bernard Shaw "
6 " And there it is: the core of everything. We’re sisters. We know each other intimately. Our pasts, our secrets, our fears. It is a precious gift that we tried to throw away but can’t really let go of. "
7 " Regret, I know, is a powerful remainder; it can bring the strongest man to his knees. "
8 " It is amazing how quickly a bone can heal. If only the heart were as durable. "
9 " How can I possibly fold all that longing into something as small as words? "
10 " We have always been the witnesses of each other’s lives. Isn’t that what family is? Even broken and betrayed and bleeding, we are connected. "
11 " You can run away from your life and your past, but there’s no way to distance yourself from your own heart. "
12 " Some things need to be simply planted in the soft dirt of possibility. "
13 " It’s a dangerous business … going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” —J. R. R. Tolkien "
14 " A wrecked marriage scares everyone. It’s like a rock tossed into a still blue pond; the ripples go on and on. "
15 " If I'm finally taking a trip into the unknown; there ought to be photographs to document this momentous event. "
16 " It hurts almost more than I can bear. Tears sting my eyes again; I wipe them away impatiently. I am so tired of crying, so tired of feeling like half a person, but I don't know how to change things... (I have never felt so lost and alone.) "
17 " The love of books, of reading. There is nothing a librarian likes better than sharing her love of words with a child. "
18 " It's funny how things slip away, pieces of us, even. "
19 " I've been wanting to start over, dreaming of it. And now, finally, I know where I want to be when I begin this new part of my life. "
20 " I'm starting over now; this is my new beginning. "