Janice

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“Time wasn’t a healer; it was simply a measure of how long he’d had a gaping hole in his life.”
― Abigail Johnson, The Secret Collector

“It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.”
― Tracy Chevalier

“Welcome aboard, Mr. Pilgrim,’ said the loudspeaker. ‘Any questions?’ Billy licked his lips, thought a while, inquired at last: ‘Why me?’ ‘That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?’ ‘Yes.’ Billy, in fact, had a paperweight in his office which was a blob of polished amber with three ladybugs embedded in it. ‘Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Slaughterhouse Five