I'm ruined beyond repair, is what I fear. . . And if so, in time we'd both be … - Charles Frazier

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And it really doesn't matter if we're under our desks with our hands over our heads or not, does it? No, said Mrs. Baker. It doesn't really matter. So, why are we practicing? She thought for a minute. Because it gives comfort, she said. People like to think that if they're prepared then nothing bad can really happen. And perhaps we practice because we feel as if there's nothing else we can do because sometimes it feels as if life is governed by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

Charles Frazier

I'm ruined beyond repair, is what I fear. . . And if so, in time we'd both be wretched and bitter. " "I know people can be mended. Not all, and some more immediately than others. But some can be. I don't see why not you. " "Why not me?

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Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom.

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We are not strong enough to stand up against endless grief, And yet pain is the constant drone of life. So if we are to have any happiness at all, it is only in the passing instant.

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Claim your space. Draw a circle of light around it. Push back against the dark. Don't just survive. Celebrate.

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She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.

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No looking back. Life goes one way only, and whatever opinions you hold about the past having nothing to do with anything but your own damn weakness. Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't.

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