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Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found that it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Though there were moments of beauty, Mariam knew for the most part that life had been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it.

Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

…the point of a child is not what you hope he will accomplish in your name but the pleasure that he will bring you, whatever form it comes in, even if it is a form that is barely recognizable as pleasure at all – and more important, the pleasure you will be privileged to bring him.

Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

Like the woodcutter’s child at the the beginning of a fairy tale, a mysterious longing had possessed her, a desire to travel far and do great things; and though she could not say exactly what it was she wanted to do, she knew that it was something grand and gloomy and extremely difficult.

Donna Tartt, The Little Friend (via mrsclarkkent)

Sometimes he wonders whether this very idea of loneliness is something he would feel at all had he not been awakened to the fact that he should be feeling lonely, that there is something strange and unnacceptable about the life he has.

Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life