What is the What by Dave Eggers


If ever I love again, I will not wait to love as best I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible thing to think. It is no way to live, to wait for love.

~from What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng


What a heartbreaking sentiment. It serves as a reminder to never walk away angry, to always forgive, to love, and forgive some more.

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Ashley said…
Oh I just love that book...so heartbreaking and yet so thoughtful. Great quote.
May 6, 2009 at 1:41 PM
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