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1 " I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. – Edward Everett Hale "
― Inglath Cooper , Dragonfly Summer (Smith Mountain Lake #2)
2 " Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars. – Author Unknown "
3 " Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. It is not enough that a thing be possible for it to be believed. – Voltaire "
4 " I’ve had serious boyfriends over the years, but honestly, it just became easier not to have anyone in my life. People usually bring a lot of baggage with them.” “Yeah. But if it’s right, I guess their baggage should fit in the closet right next to your own.” “It should,” she agrees. “And then again, if it’s right, it probably wouldn’t matter if the fit was a little tight.” “Probably not. "
5 " No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. – Charles Dickens "
6 " Anonymity prods people to do things they wouldn’t do in plain sight. The internet provides that. You can be whomever your picture says you are. "
7 " And I wonder how we could possibly have ended up in this place. Why I didn’t see the warning signs far enough in advance to prevent this from happening. I try to hold back the sob swooping up from deep inside me like a tsunami from the ocean floor. But I can’t, and I bend forward, crying for my failures as a mother "
8 " Appreciation is an excellent thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us, as well. – Voltaire "
9 " And what if this place I’m running to has become every bit as random and merciless as the city I just left? The place where I’ve spent the past twenty years of my life working toward something I truly thought I would eventually reach, only to realize I had been there all along. And never recognized it. Never valued it. "
10 " Four things come not back: The spoken word, The sped arrow, The past life, The neglected opportunity. "
11 " Like she’s realized, really realized, she’s failed as a mother. I instantly regret being the one to bring the realization to the surface again. "