Thrive

/THrīv/ v. Grow or develop well or vigorously. Prosper. Flourish. Blossom.

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Clematis. 6:30 pm. 75º F. June 4, 2026. Darien, CT (@dkct25).

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Such happiness. Their old friends framing the picture...just names now. People he didn't even know where alive. The fragility of the past.

— Matt Haig, The Midnight Train: A Novel (Viking, May 26 , 2026)

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Twilight 1. 4:53 to 5:14 am. 56º F. June 5, 2026. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25).

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Twilight 2. 5:06 to 5:15 am. 56º F. June 5, 2026. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25).

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A lot could be felt in the smallest fraction of a second.

— Matt Haig, The Midnight Train: A Novel (Viking, May 26 , 2026)

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Twilight to Sunrise Time Lapse Video. 75 minutes in 22 seconds, 5 am to 6:15 am. 56º F. June 5, 2026. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25).

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But you have to listen to me. This darkness will chase you. You will race away from yourself… But it could have been different… You could be different…

— Matt Haig, The Midnight Train: A Novel (Viking, May 26 , 2026)

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Ultimately even love was weak against the desire to avoid pain. Because what was love but another door into it. Better to keep those doors closed. Better to stay on the train of work. Better to aim for a stock-market flotation instead of happiness. Until, of course, you actually die and realize the mistake you made. Until you realize that most damage was caused by things escalating, things spinning out of control.... Because? Because loves slows you down.

— Matt Haig, The Midnight Train: A Novel (Viking, May 26 , 2026)

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The most common regrets of the dying. One was wishing they hadn’t worked so hard. And the others were about courage. The courage to be yourself, the courage to express your feelings. They all seem related to letting go of fear. I have lived a life in perpetual motion. I was stuck forever in that car. Always racing. I needed to realize that not every stop is a crash.

— Matt Haig, The Midnight Train: A Novel (Viking, May 26 , 2026)

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Miracle. All of it. White Rose. 9:38 am. 62º F. June 4, 2026. Darien, CT (@dkct25)

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Success is just the distance you travel from where you started. And you traveled far.

— Matt Haig, The Midnight Train: A Novel (Viking, May 26 , 2026)

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Well, what’s wrong with wanting a little more?

Joel: (Sobs) It’s just that things are really good. Things with Brad are really good. I have good friends. I have you. Things in my life are wonderful. Why… isn’t that enough?

Sam: Well, what’s wrong with wanting a little more? I don’t think there is anything wrong with that.

— Somebody Somewhere (S:3; E:6) (2024, HBO Max)

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Egret-a-palooza. 5:26 am. 55º F. June 4, 2026. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25).

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Swan at take-off. 5:25 am. 55º F. June 4, 2026. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25).

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Twilight to Sunrise at Holly Pond. 4:49, 5:30 & 5:44 am. 55º F. June 4, 2026. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25).

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He wanted it to slow down. Not then, but now, watching it back. He wanted those days to pass like centuries. No, he didn’t want them to pass at all. He wanted the train to pull to a halt somewhere in that patch of life and for him to stay there. He just wanted to live inside a moment of that life with her forever, to pluck it like a flower and press it in a book, and just stay on that page until the end of time.

— Matt Haig, The Midnight Train: A Novel (Viking, May 26 , 2026)

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Even the most reckless action was a consequence of what had gone before, just as every loud mistake in the world was the product of some quiet and secret pain.

— Matt Haig, The Midnight Train: A Novel (Viking, May 26 , 2026)