Sometimes fate steps in and deals you a good hand.
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
Fate Deals a Good Hand
F
Beauty Amidst Chaos
B
You’re a beautiful man, but you’re a mess.
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
The Beautiful Lie
T
It’s the most beautiful lie we have.
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
The Blur of Age
T
When you’re five, you know your age down to the month. Even in your twenties you know how old you are. I’m twenty-three you say, or maybe twenty-seven. But then in your thirties, something strange starts to happen.
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
Disasters Like Fairy Tales
D
Every disaster has a fairy-tale aspect, something that makes you shake your head in disbelief.
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
Universal Human Nature
U
People are the same everywhere. It’s only the details that are different.
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
Walking Through Fire
W
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
Perseverance Prevails
P
The best way out is always through.
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
Hope After Darkness
H
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
The Nature of Grief
T
Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that will simply open of its own accord.
Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha