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“As Aru slipped away, she could've sworn she heard Aiden say "Maybe he didn't see you in the right light, Shah."
But she must have been dreaming.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

“Writer: It's not an occupation; it's a compulsion.”
― Teresa Nielsen Hayden

“My anxiety clothes itself in concerns about body image or financial security, doubts regarding lovability or the ability to love, self-disparagement and existential pessimism about life’s meaning and purpose—or, on the other hand, it manifests itself as grandiosity, the need to be admired, to be seen as special. At bottom it is nameless and formless. I feel sure it was forged in my chest cavity somewhere between my lungs and heart long before I knew the names of things.”
― Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

“I mean, there’s a reason all books end right after the couple gets together. No one wants to keep reading long enough to see the happily ever after turn into an unhappily ever after. Right?”
― Alex Light, The Upside of Falling