It doesn't matter how much his mother loves him, love is not enough to keep any of us alive.

~ Lauren Destefano

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All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.From the ashes a fire shall be woken,A light from the shadows shall spring;Renewed shall be blade that was broken,The crownless again shall be king.

~ J.r.r. Tolkien

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Just being alive feels so arduous that all I want to do is climb under the covers and sleep.

~ Lauren Destefano

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Let us doom and gloom not creep into our day and lust for life not wither away. With the future as brother-in-arms, steps in the unknown should not frighten. (Steps in the unknown )

~ Erik Pevernagie

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I don't dare touch her. Loss is a knowledge I'm sorry to have. Perhaps the only thing worse than experiencing it, is watching it replay anew in someone else--all the awful stages picking up like a chorus that has to be sung.

~ Lauren Destefano

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He looks at me, and I don't know what he sees. I used to think it was Rose. But she's not here with us now, in this room. It's just him and me, and the books. I feel like our lives are in those books. I feel like all the words on the pages are for us.

~ Lauren Destefano

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It's quiet for a while, and then Rowan says; We could talk now. We're alone out here. No walls.There are always walls. I say.

~ Lauren Destefano

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Negative people talk and your dreams begin to wither off. But they begin to sprout in the fragrance of hope when they find a new soil! Change your environment!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

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If black and white are too different and separate calories zebras wouldn't have both.

~ Mohamed Nur Hashi

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Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky.

~ Lauren Destefano

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When we're alive, life consumes us. But when we die, all of the color and the motion is gone so quickly, it's as though it can no longer stand to be wasted on us.

~ Lauren Destefano

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They're dead. We're alive. We have things to do.

~ Lauren Destefano

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