“We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.” – H.G. Wells, The Time Machine.
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“But I believe in intention and I believe in work. I believe in waking up in the middle of the night and packing our bags and leaving our worst selves for our better ones.” – Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams.
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“Whatever we can’t hold, we hang on a hook that will hold it.” – Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams.
“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust.” – Paolo Coelho, Brida.
“I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend,” – Graham Greene, The End of the Affair.
“There were people whom you positively ached to please.” – Alice Munro, The Love of a Good Woman.
“The thing I’m most afraid of is me. Of not knowing what I’m going to do. Of not knowing what I’m doing right now.“ – Haruki Murakami, IQ84.
“Life makes fools of all of us sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you’ll at least be able to take your humiliations with some measure of grace.” ― Paul Murray, Skippy Dies.
“Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.” ― Wallace Stegner, The Spectator Bird.
“I understood that in this small space of time we had mutually surrendered our loneliness and replaced it with trust.” ― Patti Smith, Just Kids.