"But when you choose your family, you get to choose how it is between you, too."

Family, Choice, Relationship, Love

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"But when you choose your family, you get to choose how it is between you, too."

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"I have had as many names as there are years to time itself! roared the monster. I am Herne the Hunter! I am Cernunnos! I am the eternal Green Man!"

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"Pity is an insult. Kindness is a miracle."

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"And then his noise falls completely silent-And he stops struggling-And looking right into my eyes-He dies.My Todd dies."

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"He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder."

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"It's not how we fall. It's how we get back up again."

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