Why say something," he asked her, "if your words mean nothing?
Mary BaloghYouthful dreams are precious things. They ought not to be dashed as foolish and unrealistic just because they are young dreams. Innocence ought not to be destroyed from any callous conviction that a realistic sort of cynicism is better.
Mary BaloghHugo could cheerfully have died of mortification - if such a mass of contradictions had been possible.
Mary BaloghI came," he said.
Good Lord! If there were an orator-of-the-year award, he would be in dire danger of winning it.
Why was it that silence sometimes felt like a physical thing with a weight of its own?
Mary BaloghHave you noticed," she asked him, "how standing still can sometimes be no different from moving backward? For the whole world moves on and leaves one behind.
Mary BaloghHe asked me not to kill myself - asked, not told. His wife had done that, he told me, and it was in a sense the ultimate act of selfishness since it left behind untold and endless suffering for those who had witnessed it and been unable to do anything to prevent it. And so I remained alive.
Mary BaloghI think it is more tha6 the sea is a reminder of how little control we have over our own lives no matter how carefully we try to plan and order them. Everything changes in ways we least expect, and everything is frighteningly vast. We are so small.
Mary BaloghWhen we last out at ourselves for having lost control, we are reminded that we never can be in total control, that all life asks of us is to do our best to cope with what is handed to us.
Mary BaloghFear must be challenged, I have found. It is a powerful beat if it is allowed the mastery.
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