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1 " that in moments like this, it doesn’t matter what you were born to be. It matters what you choose to become. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Forest of Vanishing Stars
2 " In the times of greatest darkness, the light always shines through, because there are people who stand up to do brave, decent things. "
3 " Do not be afraid to ask your questions. But you must always be sure your heart is open to hear the answers. "
4 " People should always help others in need; there was no other way for the human race to survive. "
5 " Yes. But there is light, too. In the times of greatest darkness, the light always shines through, because there are people who stand up to do brave, decent things. What I am trying to say, Yona, is that in moments like this, it doesn’t matter what you were born to be. It matters what you choose to become. "
6 " For when you love, you stand to lose so much. But I think you stand to lose far more when your heart is closed. That is no life. "
7 " But the forest knew no difference when it came to race, religion, or gender; it smiled and frowned upon all of them in equal measure, "
8 " She hadn't realized that once one opened the door to one's heart, it was impossible to fully close it again. "
9 " One must never question God, Jerusza had always told her. It is our job on earth only to seek to understand him, never to doubt his will. "
10 " Lives are circles spinning across the world, and when they’re meant to intersect again, they do. There’s nothing we can do to stop it. "
11 " Home is not a place but the people you choose to love. "
12 " You can only do your part. You can do your best to strike a match in the darkness, to light the way. God is with you, always, and he sees what’s in your heart. "
13 " I’m broken, too. But sometimes it’s the jagged edges that allow us to fit together. Sometimes it’s the breaks that make us strong. "
14 " The only thing that remained was the only thing that mattered: love—the kind that could be found in the darkness when all pretenses had disappeared, the kind born of pain and despair and hope, the kind that was a shelter in the storm. "
15 " Every time a good soul dies, I think the world gets a little darker. "
16 " But the forest knew no difference when it came to race, religion, or gender; it smiled and frowned upon all of them in equal measure, sometimes providing protection, sometimes peril. “By the grace of God, may we all be vanishing stars. "
17 " But fate is part chance and part choice, "
18 " Perhaps the most complicated things are also the most beautiful. "
19 " And you’re not broken, Yona. It’s the cracks in us that make us who we are, and you… you are stronger than anyone I have ever met, I think. "
20 " But I think that broken hearts heal. I think that perhaps the only way through that kind of pain is to move forward. I think that losing people you love changes you forever, but I think that God finds a way to let the light in. "
