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1 " When it's a memory, you already know the outcome so it's easy to think it was an easier time. Looking forward is much more uncertain, and is more complicated. But I don't think it is. Not really. "
― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)
2 " When it's a memory, you already know the outcome, so we believe it was an easier time. Looking forward is much more uncertain, and so feels more complicated. But I don't think it is. Not really. "
3 " Love can't cure a broken heart, but it can hold the two sides together while they heal. "
4 " Don’t you think that’s the beauty of a book? It can take you places you can’t visit on your own, lets you meet people and see things you can’t in real life. "
5 " Don’t hide, child. People who really live have a little wear and tear. But that’s good. It’s what makes us interesting. "
6 " It's sad, but life is not fair. I sometimes think it was never supposed to be. Life is made up of moments, good and bad. But while you don't get to pick all the moments, you do get to pick which ones you cling to. "
7 " When it’s a memory, you already know the outcome, so we believe it was an easier time. "
8 " Although only seven, she’d been reading since she was three, a fact her mother told anyone who would listen. Sarah was a voracious reader, and she’d found friends hiding between the pages of books. For her, the trips to the library meant more than the refreshing burst of air-conditioning. They were life. "
9 " Dementia was an unforgiving illness, one that stole hope and crumbled pride. "
10 " Life is full of surprises and not all of them are good. "
11 " The school won’t let them hang pictures of bare-chested men in their lockers, so she and her friends cut out little outfits for them. "
12 " That's what mother's do. They bother you until you listen. And they do it because they car. "
13 " big-box stores and outlet malls, and then you add e-sales on top of that—” Kat grimaced. “Small businesses get outpriced fast. "
14 " Numbers people don’t like being rushed, so back off. "
15 " Life is made up of moments, good and bad. But while you don’t get to pick all the moments, you do get to pick which ones you cling to. "
16 " You don't really believe in nothing, do you?""I believe in possibilities... "
17 " The Days can spin yarns that seem so real that if one of them told you a tale about a blizzard, you’d get frostbite even if you were standing in your kitchen on the hottest day of the year. "
18 " It’s odd—when you look back, things seem simpler, but they weren’t.” “Really?” “When it’s a memory, you already know the outcome, so we believe it was an easier time. Looking forward is much more uncertain, and so feels more complicated. But I don’t think it is. Not really. "
19 " Right now, Mama G’s memory is like the ocean. It comes and goes, high tide and low tide. But each time, the beach erodes a little bit more. "
20 " Love can’t cure a broken heart, but it can hold the two sides together while they heal. "