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We stress too much for a life that can end at any time.

Every heart starts as an open gate. Children do not build castles. They trust. They welcome. They leave every window open, believing the world will enter gently. But life... doesn't always knock. Sometimes it breaks the door down. A betrayal becomes the first stone. Disappointment lays the second. Silence raises another wall. Little by little... a fortress is born. Not because the soul wanted to hide... but because it no longer remembered how to feel safe. The tragedy is... the walls that once protected you eventually begin to imprison you. And one day, you look from the highest tower, wondering why no one ever comes close. Never realizing... they cannot reach what you have buried behind your own gates. The bravest kings were never those who built the strongest castles. They were the ones who found the courage to open the gates again.🏰🖤

— darencolbert

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A perfect view - Author: LilmissTempted

~ Artist ~ Jack Sorenson

The Library of Trinity College  ,Dublin