#parawhat

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“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”

– Dr. Albert Schweitzer, MD

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“A true friend prays to God for his friend. A true friend cares about the salvation of a friend’s soul. To draw a friend back from false ways and set him on the true path—that is precious friendship. The Saints of God are man’s greatest friends.”

– St. Nikolaj Velimirović

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“Of course the universe is full of deep magic, but I think most miracles can be traced back to someone's profound and quiet kindness.”

– Joy Sullivan, "(Luck I)", Instructions for Traveling West

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“People come in and out of your life. For a time they are your world; they are everything. And then one day they’re not. There’s no telling how long you will have them near.”

– Jenny Han

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“I once read in my physics book that the universe begs to be observed, that energy travels and transfers when people pay attention. Maybe that's what love really boils down to—having someone who cares enough to pay attention so that you're encouraged to travel and transfer, to make your potential energy spark into kinetic energy.”

– Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes

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i wish it weren't so embarrassing to just be like “hey, you're on my mind” in a platonic way even if it hasn't been ‘long enough’ since you last talked

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“Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined.”

– Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous