“This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.”
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“How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust–and also to make you feel so whole?”
“I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even…”
“I guess that’s what saying good-bye is always like–like jumping off an edge. The worst…”
“If you’re smart, you care. And if you care, you love.”