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This book delves into the complexities of human emotions, focusing on the profound impact of love and loss on individuals' lives.
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“We're as good at talking ourselves out of fear as into it, aren't we? Maybe better.”
“One of the hardest tasks as a human being is knowing when to keep an open mind, and when not to.”
“Hurt is a weapon. Better weapon than most because it doesn't look like one.”
“But, dear God, don't listen to me. I'm an old lady in the middle of nowhere without a real toilet.”
“It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache.”
“They never told you that stranger might be someone you knew.”
“It’s a simple truth that a secret is something you’re ashamed of.”
“But my apology was a thousand apologies.”
“Fear was the biggest bullshitter, he’d said. But sometimes, too, fear told the truth.”
“You could care enough to keep a secret, but you could care enough to tell one, too.”
“Because words were hills and valleys you traveled, so lovely sometimes that they hurt your eyes.”
“Cool superiority as a mask for overflowing insecurity.”