Ernest once told me that the word paradise was a Persian words that meant walled garden. I knew then that he understood how necessary the promises we made to each other were to our happiness. You couldn't have real freedom unless you knew were the walls were and tended to them. We could lean on the walls because they existed; they existed because we leaned on them.
I miss good old-fashioned honorable people just trying to make something of life. Simply, without hurting anyone else. I know that makes me a sap. - Paula Mclain
I miss good old-fashioned honorable people just trying to make something of life. Simply, without hurting anyone else. I know that makes me a sap.
- Paula Mclain
And that's when he finally tells me his name is Ernest. I'm thinking of giving it away, though. Ernest is so dull, and Hemingway? Who wants a Hemingw… - Paula Mclain
And that's when he finally tells me his name is Ernest. I'm thinking of giving it away, though. Ernest is so dull, and Hemingway? Who wants a Hemingw…
Not everyone out in a storm wants to be saved - Paula Mclain
Not everyone out in a storm wants to be saved
Nothing hurts if you don't let it. - Paula Mclain
Nothing hurts if you don't let it.
My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me. - Paula Mclain
My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me.
If I can write one sentence, simple and true every day, I'll be satisfied. - Paula Mclain
If I can write one sentence, simple and true every day, I'll be satisfied.
More and more I find myself at a loss for words and didn't want to hear other people talking either. Their conversations seemed false and empty. I pr… - Paula Mclain
More and more I find myself at a loss for words and didn't want to hear other people talking either. Their conversations seemed false and empty. I pr…
You have to digest life. You have to chew it up and love it all through. - Paula Mclain
You have to digest life. You have to chew it up and love it all through.
It was our favorite part of the day, this in-between time, and it always seemed to last longer than it should--a magic and lavender space unpinned fr… - Paula Mclain
It was our favorite part of the day, this in-between time, and it always seemed to last longer than it should--a magic and lavender space unpinned fr…
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