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41 " We get trapped in our own little bubbles, and even though the world is a wide and mysterious place, our bubbles keep us safe from that. To our detriment.” She sighed. “But it’s so easy because there’s something soothing about routine. Day in and day out, it’s always the same. When we’re shaken from that, when that bubble bursts, it can be hard to understand all that we’ve missed. "
― T.J. Klune , The House in the Cerulean Sea
42 " Because even the bravest of us can still be afraid sometimes, so long as we don’t let our fear become all we know. "
43 " She sighed as she set her spade down before turning to look at him.She was crying.Linus didn’t hesitate as he scooped her up in his arms.She buried her face in his neck, beard tickling his throat. “I am going to bury you right here,” she sobbed. “I’m digging your grave, just so you know.”“I know,” he said, rubbing a hand over her back. “I would expect nothing less. "
44 " Don’t you wish you were here? "
45 " Home is where you feel like yourself, "
46 " He’d accepted long ago that some people, no matter how good their heart was or how much love they had to give, would always be alone. It was their lot in life, and Linus had figured out, at the age of twenty-seven, that it seemed to be that way for him. "
47 " There are moments in your life, moments when chances have to be taken. It's scary because there is always the possibility of failure. I know that. I KNOW that. Because once upon a time, I took a chance on a man that I had failed before. I was SCARED. I was TERRIFIED. I thought I might lose everything. But I wasn't living, then. The life I had before wasn't LIVING. It was getting by. And I will never regret the chances I took. Because it brought me to them. To all of them. I made my choice. And you're making yours. Don't you wish things could be different? "
48 " Regardless of what else he is, he is still a child, as they all are. And don’t all children deserve to be protected? To be loved and nurtured so that they may grow and shape the world to make it a better place? In that way, they are no different than any other child in the village, or beyond. But they’re told they are, by people such as yourselves, and people who govern them and our world. People who put rules and restrictions in place to keep them separated and isolated. I don’t know what it will take to change that, if anything. But it won’t start at the top. It’ll start with us. "
49 " Why is it that I must always worry about tomorrows? "
50 " As long as you listen, you can hear all manner of things you never thought were there to begin with. "
51 " Zoe choked on a laugh. “Come on. Let’s leave the dumb adults to it. We absolutely will go inside and start dinner and not watch them through the windows.”“Ooh,” Talia said. “I get it. Yes, let’s go watch—I mean, make dinner. "
52 " Why can’t life work whatever way we want it to? What’s the point of living if you only do it how others want you to? "
53 " The world is a weird and wonderful place. Why must we try and explain it all away? For our personal satisfaction? "
54 " But even if you have bad dreams, you must remember that they're only that. Dreams. You will always wake from them. And they will fade, eventually. I've found that waking from a bad dream brings a sense of relief unlike anything else in the world. It means what you were seeing wasn't real. "
55 " I am evil incarnate,” the dastardly voice said. “I am the blight upon the skin of this world. And I will bring it to its knees. Prepare for the End of Days! Your time has come, and the rivers will run with the blood of the innocents!” Talia sighed. “He’s such a drama queen. "
56 " And he should be found at fault for existing? What choice did he have in the matter? "
57 " There are mysteries that may never be solved no matter how hard we try. And if we try too hard trying to solve them, we may miss what's right in front of us. "
58 " Funny how that works out, isn’t it? That we can find the most unexpected things when we aren’t even looking for them. "
59 " ...those of us who dream of impossible things know just how far we can go when pushed to do so. "
60 " he lay awake, thinking of the way Arthur’s hand had felt in his, the way they’d fit together. It was foolish, and most likely dangerous, but in the quiet darkness, there was no one who could take it away from him. "