When I picked him up originally, the boy's spirit was soft

When I picked him up originally, the boy's spirit was soft and cold, like ice - cream. He started melting in my arms. Then warming up completely. Healing.

📖 Markus Zusak

🌍 Australian | 👨‍💼 Author

🎂 June 23, 1975

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As I've been alluding to, my one saving grace is distraction. It keeps me sane. It helps me cope, considering the length of time I've been performing this job. The trouble is, who could ever replace me? Who could step in while I take a break in your stock - standard resort - style vacation destination, whether it be tropical or of the ski trip variety? The answer, of course, is nobody, which has prompted me to make a conscious, deliberate decision - to make distraction my vacation. Needless to say, I vacation in increments. In colors. Still, it's possible that you might be asking, why does he even need a vacation? What does he need — Markus Zusak The Book Thief

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Trust leads to intimacy, which leads to healing and meaning. We can only be intimate to the degree we can make ourselves vulnerable. But when we open our hearts, we can get hurt. — Dean Ornish

Moving on is not closure. It's not neat, and it's not about turning the page. It is about moving on, but it doesn't mean that you've left something behind. — Thomas Gibson

The doctor if he forgets he is only the assistant to nature and zealously takes over the stage may so add to what nature is already doing well that he actually throws the patient into shock by the vigour he adds to nature's forces. — Herbert Ratner

One hundred eighty days, Aislinn. Seth's been gone for one hundred eighty days, and I've watched you try to pretend it doesn't hurt for every one of them. Can't I try to make you happy? — Melissa Marr

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The healing process can only truly begin when we are willing to remember. — Phoebe Stone

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