Before humans, stars lit up the night sky. Forests were silent, rid of the sounds of snapping, sawing, trees falling. Fish swam, not noticing any nets in their way, because there weren't any to notice. The sound of birds woke up the world, not that of coffee machines or lawn mowers. There were no magazines or advertisements. No jobs or careers to follow, only instinct. Everything breathed together, everything worked together, everything played a part in the original circle of life. Beauty was left undefined and it didn't need to be a reminder or a reassurance. It was subtle, unspoken, there.
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Back then, the demand for ironworkers was rising – and it still is: the sector is growing 4% annually, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ironworkers earn, on average, $27.48 per hour, or $57,160 per year.
She looked at her own body, her face, the tell tale bulge of a bag under her eyes and the beginnings of…crinkles on the skin around her eyes, mouth and forehead. Neil remembered in that moment she had entered a new decade of life this year. The thirties. He saw this woman he found so beautiful, this industrious, independent and wonderfully capable woman, tear herself down, to pieces, defining herself by the imperfections that marked her human, mother, wife.
I'll be the first to admit that at times the length of this book really got to me. The laid-back, small-town vibe took me a while to get used to, and a lot of time is spent on characters besides Naomi and Knox, which isn't usually what I look for in a romance novel. But after a while, it became clear that every one of those slower parts in the story was crucial and that those other characters will probably go on to have their own stories in the future.
Even though the book's title is a complete spoiler, the ending is so unexpected that it makes you wonder how you didn't see it coming sooner.
Many times I get carried away by the labels that others put on me, and I make myself believe that they are all true. I guess that happens since I still don't know myself at all. Or maybe, because throughout my life, I have always been surrounded by people who have tried to shape me according to their pleasure.
There's a lot of people in this world that I appreciate, and many more people I will grow to appreciate. However, there is one person I will...
Does time even exist? If you really think about it, has time always been here or is it something we just made up and kept going along with...
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