Tracie Wallace

“Did it ever occur to you that if you weren’t living in fear of other people’s opinions of you, no one would have the power to take anything away?”
― Laura Dave, Hello, Sunshine

“I was still trying to figure out what we all lost in broadcasting our lives for everyone else’s consumption. Before we took the time, you know, to figure out what we wanted our lives to add up to.”
― Laura Dave, Hello, Sunshine

“In today’s world, telling the truth isn’t rewarded the way it should be. The story is rewarded. With social media, you are always selling a story about who you are. There is a cost to these small lies, to the need to present yourself in a certain light”
― Laura Dave, Hello, Sunshine

“I think it is very common to want to reinvent yourself, to push aside the versions of yourself you wish had made different decisions. Though we are who we are—and staying familiar with the different people you have been is always the way to move forward, to avoid the same mistakes. To become the happiest version of yourself.”
― Laura Dave, Hello, Sunshine