#thelitbit // Beautiful Ruins

Beautiful Ruins  by Jess Walter

Summer’s not over yet! 

Go on a journey along the lives of individuals whose stories become intertwined in states of love, beauty, and ruin, reminding us that the present is the most tangible piece of life we have and that it is up to us to dictate the story we tell. 

Beautifully written, looking into the inner workings of humans, vulnerably human.

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1. Get yourself off the sidelines and be the player that you are in this game of life.

“I think some people wait forever, and only at the end of their lives do they realize that their life has happened while they were waiting for it to start…And when our lives do begin? I mean, the exciting part, the action? It’s all so fast. Maybe you can’t even believe it…maybe you find yourself on the outside looking in, like watching strangers eat in a nice restaurant."

2. May we remember that our lives are made up of chapters, that everything is temporary and culminates together to create the whole. May we be cognizant of how we create that whole.

“Stories are nations, empires…Stories are people. I’m a story, you’re a story…Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if we’re lucky, our stories join into one, and for a while, we’re less alone."

3. The ongoing journey of finding the middle point.

“Sometimes, what we want to do and what we must do are not the same…the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.”

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