How resilient was the body, to return to its prior form so quickly! Yet the mind was formed of a less pliable substance. The emptiness in her thoughts would not be so easily filled. Instead there was a hollowness among them-a place she had reserved for future joys which now would never arrive.
Galen BeckettMots clés trauma
Besides, Mrs. Quesnt, did it never occur to you that we are not changing at all-that rather, we are simply becoming more ourselves?
Galen BeckettMots clés change
Once a fate cannot be avoided, however horrible it might be, it loses something of its powers of dread
Galen BeckettIt is easy and amusing to make promises one knows one can never keep, but to offer an oath when one knows it must be obeyed - that is courage.
Galen BeckettIt is often the case that matters less important but more pressing distracts us from the things that press less upon us but are far more important.
Galen BeckettThe man who does the greatest harm is the man who does nothing at all.
Galen BeckettThe darkness is not so empty as you imagine. Think of attending a party at night, in a house brightly lit with candles. If we happen to glance out the window, we cannot see into the darkness or know what lies outside. Yet any out there in the dark can see inside to us.
Galen BeckettTo not hope, to expect nothing, to dismiss at every turn - these had been her only protection against certain devastation. Disappointment could not ensue when one failed to gain what one had never wished for.
Galen BeckettMots clés hope
To understand a tree, one must study its roots.
Galen BeckettA word is all it takes to put a man in prison, or to seize his property, or to end his life. A saber might be stopped by a shield. A bullet might be dodged by a stroke of luck. But you can't dodge a word. If one is flung at you, it will hit its mark unerringly. No Garritt, there's nothing in the world more dangerous than talk.
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