

“Cry and let your tears flow for a brighter tomorrow... Rain falls because the clouds can no longer take its heaviness... Just like our Tears... it falls because the heart can no longer take the pain...”
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“She turned and pressed her face into his back until his warmth and smell blotted out all thought, until she stopped wondering how long love could be enough, how long it could count as meaning, how long it could structure her days.”
― The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
― The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore

“Success was ephemeral—and fluid—as I’d found out the hard way. It came. It went. It changed you from the outside, but not from the inside.”
― The Henna Artist
― The Henna Artist

“Just then, my mother’s words echoed in my head: stretch your legs only as far as your bed. I was getting too far ahead of myself.”
― The Henna Artist
― The Henna Artist

“When someone is grieving, you don’t have to say anything. Just be present. Be nonjudgmental. Let them cry, scream, or sit in silence. You don't have to fix them.”
― Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark
― Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark
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