Ask me Quote by Jenny Valentine

“What's wrong with the world Peter? God, I don't know. Where do you start? People give up. We're defeatists and we stop striving or fighting or enjoying things. It doesn't matter what you're talking about - war, work, marriage, democracy, love, it all fails because everybody gives up trying after a while, we can't help ourselves. And don't ask me to solve it because I am the worst. I'd escape tomorrow if I could, from every single thing I've always wanted.”

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I smiled back and I thought how incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world…

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There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn't always see it.

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