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1 " Those nights when my pain was at its sharpest, it would have been so easy to slide into resentment and hatred. Yet as much as I loved him, I loved myself more. And as I was discovering, there was no end to love- it was something which grew and renewed endlessly, expanding to encompass each new horizon. Family. Friends. And other lovers, too - nove of them the same - yet each so precious in their own way. "
― Sue Lynn Tan , Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #1)
2 " Everyone has their own troubles; some lay them bare while others hide them better. "
3 " I hated him now because I has loved him then. "
4 " Never again would I be content to remain in the shadows. "
5 " I do care," he ground out. "despite my sense, my judgement and honor - I cannot help but care. "
6 " Some scars are carved into our bones - a part of who we are, shaping what we become. "
7 " We should appreciate the flower, regardless of its roots. "
8 " I had always thought life was a road, twisting and turning with the vagaries of fate. Luck and opportunity, gifts beyond our control. As I gazed across the endless night, it dawned on me then, that our paths were forged from the choices we made. Whether to reach for an opportunity or to let it pass by. To be swept up with changed or to hold your ground. "
9 " A glorious future beckoned on the horizon. Yet I still clung to a shred of my past, as a flowering peach blossom tree yearning for its fallen bloom. "
10 " Why would you want to look like her? Why would a falcon want to be a nightingale? "
11 " I hated him now because I had loved him then. "
12 " I would not yearn after what had been lost, impossible to regain. I would look to the days ahead, to the happiness which awaited me there... if only I were brave and steadfast enough to reach for it. "
13 " Never did I imagine such luminous joy existed, and never again would I be content to remain in the shadows. "
14 " I was no longer a child willing to drift with the ride - I would steer against the current if I had to. and if I won, by some miraculous stroke of luck, I would never be helpless again. "
15 " Was closing one's heart to love - all love - the only way to contentment? Had I not imagined so myself, during those long months of misery? Indeed, my darkest moments were when I had left my loved ones. And yet... the happiest times of my life had been with them too. "
16 " Some scars are carved into our bones—a part of who we are, shaping what we become. "
17 " Titles are inherited, talent might be blood-bound, but true greatness lies within. "
18 " What use were adventures when there was no one to share them with? "
19 " My path, which had seemed a straight road, had taken a turn into the wilderness—and I was lost. "
20 " But we could not keep hiding and burying our hurt, especially from those we loved. I had learned that through the pain lay forgiveness, growth, and the eventual healing of our wounds. "
