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“You have wasted your life on hatred and revenge. What good is life if there is no joy or creative purpose? You would have been better off living five years as a human than five hundred as a monster.”

Book:Cirque Du Freak: Killers of the Dawn, Vol. 9

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Cirque Du Freak: Killers of the Dawn, Vol. 9

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Darren Shan

Darren Shan is an Irish author known for his young adult fantasy novels. His works blend elements of horror, adventure, and science fiction, making them highly popular among young readers. more

“I’ve watched the Lord press seeds into the sometimes resistant soil of my heart that I might grow out of myself and become more like Him. Sometimes he does the planting alone in the night, when it’s just Him and me. But usually God uses others to plant and water the hope that I can do exceedingly more through Christ than I ever dreamed.”

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Book:I Grew Up Little: Finding Hope in a Big God

Source: I Grew Up Little: Finding Hope in a Big God

“Costumed and painted We are life laughing at death life beating its broad wings”

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Book:Mystical Tides

Source: Mystical Tides

“Joy is deeper than happiness; joy doesn't depend on the circumstance, persons or place. It can not be removed, reversed or revoked as it's source is divine and not natural.”

Joy

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“It seems as though every joy that comes to one must have a grief to spoil it.' 'It is so, but think instead, dearest, that every grief has joy to lighten it. Nothing in this world is quite perfect, nor quite unbearable.”