"Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.

As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what "just living" might actually be. He had never done it in his life. But he wanted to do it anyway.
~ Orson Scott Card ~












As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what "just living" might actually be. He had never...
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