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“Elk dier en elke schrijver heeft een wapen waarmee hij zich best verdedigen kan”

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“I tried to keep him at a safe distance where he could only see the decent parts of me and it made us both miserable. I inadvertently let him in to see the ugly parts but instead of running away like I’d counted on him to do, he wrapped his arms around all of that ugliness and didn’t let go.”

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Book:You Deserve Each Other

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“… a culture characterized by grit, discipline, and self-reliance is a culture that survives. A culture characterized by self-pity, indulgence, outrage, and resentment is a culture that falls apart. It really is that simple, and it is a truly existential choice”

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Book:Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage

Source: Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage

“It is not enough to present literature as an object of study; it must be introduced as an experience.”

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“As soon as he gives his attention to someone at the other end of the bar, I take a drink of my coffee and close my eyes and cry because life can be so fucking cruel and hard, and I've wanted to quit living it so many times, but then moments like these remind me that happiness isn't some permanent thing we're all tying to achieve in life, it's merely a thing that shows up every now and then, sometimes in tiny doses that are just substantial enough to keep us going.”

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Book:Reminders of Him

Source: Reminders of Him

“There was before you, and there was during you, For some reason, I never thought there would be an after you...But there it was, and I was in it,.I'll be in it..forever.”

Reminders Of Him

Author:Colleen Hoover

“Grudges are heavy, but for people hurting the most, I suppose forgiveness is even heavier.”

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“I want to learn how to talk to people without wishing I could retract every word I say.”

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“What, then?' 'Nothing', I say. But I immediately wish I would have said, 'Everything.”

Collen Hoover Ledger Kenna Reminders Of Him

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“It's myself I've been hard on. But I think I've reached the point that forgiving myself finally feels okay. So I do.”

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“Salt reminds her. She tastes it in everything, minuscule pyramids of Maldon, coarse grains of Kosher, perfect pink granules of Himalayan Sea, black flecks of Kala Namak, plain old crystals of iodized Morton's, the little yellow salt girl on the label. Her favorite is always fleur de sel, its delicate flakes like petals, and as they melt across her tongue she can feel him, their bond unbroken even in death, and in her mouth he lives again, is right there, his aftertaste. He isn't here, she knows. But he's not gone.”

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