“Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“In the absence of love, we began slowly but surely to fall apart.”
Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
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