Claudia

“We never fully heal from such deep wounds, but the deeper the wound, the further the light can enter our bodies and our souls.” She managed a faint smile, then added, “I have much light inside.”
― Robert Dugoni, Hold Strong

“My father says teaching is a great act of hope,” Qiu Jin said. “An old Chinese proverb says, ‘If you plan for one year, sow rice. If you plan for a decade, plant trees. But if you plan for a lifetime, educate people.”
― Robert Dugoni, Hold Strong

“Sometimes there was just enough beauty to temper the pain.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

“But I think it is also the relief I feel that those stars are immovable. Nothing you or I could do will ever alter them. They are so much bigger than us. And they will not change within our lifetime. We can succeed or fail, get it right or get it wrong, love and lose the ones we love, and still the Summer Triangle will point south. And in that way, I know everything will be some type of okay—as impossible as that can seem sometimes.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere