Not The Same Quotes

“Have you ever thought that if one thing hadn't happened, a whole set of things never would have either? Like dominoes in time, a single event kicked off an unstoppable series of changes that gained momentum and spun out of control, and nothing was ever the same again. Don't ever doubt that a mere second can change your life forever.”
― Kimberly K. Jones, Sand Dollar Summer

“Sunlight still leaked in through the windows of the town house. The scent of citrus and the sea and baked bread still filled every room.

And distantly... Children were still laughing in the streets.

Home. Home was the same- home was untouched.

I squeezed Rhys's hand so tightly I thought he'd complain, but he only squeezed tight back.

And even thought we had all bathed, as we stood there... there was a grime to us. Like the blood hadn't entirely washed off.

And I realised that home was indeed the same, but we... perhaps we were not.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin