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The Night of Many Endings

Melissa Payne

Top 10 Best Quotes

“to a dutiful daughter who didn’t want to see her parents die alone. She didn’t resent them; she’d chosen to come home. Sometimes she just wished she’d nursed her dreams too.”

“that libraries were one of the last places someone could go where they didn’t have to buy or believe in anything to come in.”

“sometimes the best way to open someone’s mind was by listening, not arguing.”

“it’s what books have the power to do, speak to the reader.”

“Why do you need to save everybody else to have purpose?”

“When she shared personal bits about herself, it made her vulnerable to judgment and unwanted opinions. Like somehow hearing about her tragic life gave people the right to tell her what she should and shouldn’t do.”

“Well, it challenged me to see that we are each the sum of our experiences and that every decision we make, every experience we have, leads us to this single moment in time.”

“This wasn’t her battle, it wasn’t her fight, and it wasn’t her place to make sure he stayed sober. And that was okay. It was okay for her to let him survive on his own. And it was okay for her to live her own life while he did.”

“There is more to life than me, Marly. She wrapped her arms tight across her body. Charlie saw something in her that nobody else had noticed. And their ten years together had been the happiest she’d ever been. You made life worth living, Charlie.”

“The seasons die, but then they come back to life again.” When Vlado spoke, the air puffed in warm clouds from his mouth. “There is no reason you cannot too.”

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