Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
Tolstoy
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Anything could happen in a place like this, in a situation like this. Perhaps living a life full of possibility was a conscious choice. You either did or you didn’t. Yes or no. Black or white. Sugar or salt. Bored and safe or thrilled and dangerous.
They talked about little things — her love for semicolons, his preference for dashes.
LISTEN TO ME. COURAGE IS NOT BORN; IT IS SEIZED.
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