Coffee&Books

“A few months ago I would have told anyone that my goal was to put my father in a home, sell the bookstore and the house and high tail it back to Philly, but… something funny happened along the way. I started enjoying owning a bookstore. My best friends became my best friends again. And I met this very nice man who, against all odds and beyond my understanding, enjoys my company. My previous goals aren’t my goals anymore, so I don’t know what I want. Not anymore.”
― D.L. White, Brunch at Ruby's

“He shakes his head slowly, with that smile, the one I hate. The one that says he knows something. "I don't think that's the case. I think you're scared that you might still feel something for me. You don't want to talk about it because you might realize that.”
― D.L. White, A Thin Line

“Relax, I said to myself. Calm down.  So what if Preston revealed to fifty of our closest family and friends that we'd been hiding a reconciliation? So what if I asked him to keep it quiet for three. measly. goddamn. days?”
― D.L. White, A Thin Line

“The things we often call “procrastination” are, for most of us, the energy producing activities that we actually need in order to maintain our pace.”
― Becca Syme, Dear Writer, Are You In Burnout?