❝ that’s the sweetest and saddest thing i’ve ever heard. ❞
as contrary as it is to her nature, natasha has always felt something for the girl. maybe not so much compassion as a mutual understanding.
“–- it was a long time ago. “a lifetime ago. but she knows laura is no stranger to tragedies. “ and it can never happen again. “
“There's no such thing as a decision. There never was. There's whether you've had a good day or a bad day, there's going forward because there's nothing behind and running because if you stand still any longer you'll fall over. There's movement or there's stagnation, there's the past that drives you and the regimental chaplain who preaches that only the obedient are free and the men who say you have no feelings, but they can't live without you.”