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“He gave me a message for you.�� She tightened her lips as if the words soured her mouth.
“What is it?��
“That you are in his blood.��
I looked down at the deck to hide the answering surge within my own blood.
“Those are the words of a lover, Eona.”
― Alison Goodman, Eona: The Last Dragoneye

“«I’ve never been to a funeral until today. I see dazzling arrangements of red, yellow, and purple flowers with long, green stems. I see a stained-glass window with a white dove, a yellow sun, a blue sky. I see a gold cross, standing tall, shiny, brilliant. And I see black. Black dresses. Black pants. Black shoes. Black bibles. Black is my favorite color. Jackson asked me about it one time.
“Ava, why don’t you like pink? Or yellow? Or blue?�� ”I love black,�� I said. ”It suits me.�� ”I suit you,�� he said. I’m not so sure I love black anymore.
And then, beyond the flowers, beneath the stained-glass window, beside the cross, I see the white casket. I see red, burning love disappear forever. As we pull away, my eyes stay glued to the casket. It’s proof that sometimes life does not go on. I look around. If tears could bring him back, there’d be enough to bring him back a hundred times. That’s not what I’m thinking. I’m thinking, I hate good-byes.
It’s like I was a garden salad with a light vinaigrette, and Jackson was a platter of seafood Cajun pasta. Alone, we were good. Together, we were fantastic.
Memories might keep him alive. But they might kill me.»”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“Želja je kao vetar, premešta prašinu sa jednog mesta na drugo, zamračuje ponekad njome ceo vidik, ali na kraju stišava se i pada i ostavlja staru i večnu sliku sveta iza sebe. Trajna dela na zemlji ostvaruju se božjom voljom, a čovek je samo njemo slepo i pokorno oruđe. Delo koje se rađa iz želje, čovekove želje, ili ne doživi ostvarenje ili nije trajno, u svakom slučaju nije dobro.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“Ljus som delas är ljusförstärkt, Ljus som hamstras är ljus förlorat.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work