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Sweet Thing

Renee Carlino

Top 10 Best Quotes

“You have to teach your heart and mind how to sing together... then you'll hear the sound of your soul”

“It's a fool who thinks love will set him free. Love equals a morbid and relentless fear of losing the other person”

“Tears had poured from her eyes without any change in her facial expression. It’s pure pain and pure surrender when your soul cries without any fight from your body and that’s how I knew she was deeply affected.”

“The pain of losing someone is always worse when you know you could have prevented it.”

“Wisdom is not the same as information; it's something entirely different. It's often mistaken for good advice, but wisdom cannot be imparted to someone. Wisdom can only be earned.”

“It’s the only way to know you’re really in love, when you ask the question would it be harder to watch him die, or to know he’ll watch me die? Is there more mercy in being the one who does the watching or in being the one who does the dying? It’s when you realize what mercy-killing actually means, it’s when you actually care to the point of tormenting worry. It’s not roses and white horses, it’s fucking brutal and it can send a person running for the hills. To love is brave.”

“Sometimes it takes the love of others to show us who we really are.”

“Yes, committing yourself to someone requires a leap of faith—that’s why it’s so hard for some.”

“You are your experiences and your fears and the love you let yourself feel. You are your degree and your talent and your passion. You are your pain, your joy, and your fantasies.”

“I believe his exact words were cosmic, soul-shattering, air in your lungs kind of love.”

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Book Keywords:

tears, mercy, love, pain, brave, crying, soul, will-ryan, inspirational, die

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